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| West Kowloon Courts |
A Filipina domestic helper was jailed for a total of 12 months yesterday (Thursday), after pleading guilty at West Kowloon Court to allowing her two bank accounts to be used for laundering a total of $654,156.
Aida Sarac, 44 years old, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for each of the two charges brought against her, but Principal Magistrate Ivy Chui ordered that the two sentences be served concurrently, or at the same time.
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A complaint filed by HK Police had accused Sarac of dealing with property known of believed to be proceeds of indictable offense, in violation of the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance.
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The first charge alleged that she, “together with persons
known as Virginia and Kuya,” dealt with a total of $70,736.10 from Aug. 17 2018
to April 27, 2020 in her Bank of China account, “knowing or having reasonable
grounds that the said property, in whole or in part, directly ot indirectly
represented any person’s proceeds of an indictable offense.”
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In the second charge, police alleged that she and a certain
Sheryl used Sarac’s Hang Seng Bank Account to deal with $583,420 in crime
proceeds from Jan. 6, 2020 to Feb. 20, 2020.
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