A photo of He Chaoming, Macao's former prosecutor [Photo: Xinhua]

Authorities in Macau have launched a criminal investigation amid suggestions one of the former heads of the SAR's Public.

Prosecution Office may have been involved in wide-spread graft.

It's being reported the former lead prosecutor in Macau is accused of siphoning close to 21-million dollars during his time in office from 2004 to 2014.

Anti-graft investigators in Macau say the former official, along with a number of corporate managers, are being looked at for "fraud," "unlawful economic advantage," "power abuse" and "document forgery."

Details surrounding the allegations have not been made clear at this point.