A Filipina domestic helper whose two bank accounts ended up being used in money laundering, pleaded not guilty when two charges were read to her today at Kwun Tong Court.
Roselyn Eliponga, 30 years old, faces two counts of
violation of Sections 25 (1) and (3) of the Organized and Serious Crimes
Ordinance filed by Tseung Kwan O Police.
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Acting Principal Magistrate Daniel Tang set the trial for
Feb. 19-20.
He freed her on bail of $500.
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The prosecutor said they will present six witnesses, and
will rely on an admission made by Eliponga during the investigation by police.
But her defense lawyer said he will challenge the admission
and will present one witness.
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The first charge arose when Eliponga’s China Bank account received
deposits from Oct. 5, 2020 to March 11, 2021 that accumulated to $132,030.
The second charge arose due to a deposit of $30,835.18 into another account she had with HSBC.
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In both charges she is accused of handling the money “knowing or
having reasonable grounds” that they “directly or indirectly represented any
person’s proceeds of an indictable offence….”
According to the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance, the punishment for such an offence are:
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(a) on conviction upon indictment to a fine of $5,000,000 and to imprisonment for 14 years; or
(b) on summary conviction to a fine of $500,000 and to imprisonment for 3 years.
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