The Filipina pleaded guilty at West Kowloon Courts |
Another Filipina domestic helper will be spending time in prison after she pleaded guilty in West Kowloon Court yesterday to money laundering with the use of her bank account.
PINDUTIN DITO |
Maribel Guitang, 47 years old, was jailed for four months after admitting before Magistrate Tsang
Hing-tung that she violated Sections 25(1) and 25(3) of the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance.
TAWAG NA! |
She was linked to the offence by her account in Bank of
China, which served as the main evidence for the charge.
This bank account received deposits totalling $192,000,
which also got withdrawn, between April 21 and June 15, 2021.
PINDUTIN DITO! |
The Police complaint against her said that Guitang, along
with someone named Lorie, dealt with the money that “represented any person’s
proceeds of an indctable offfense….”