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| The hearing was held at Eastern Court |
Another Filipina domestic helper was sent to jail today for money laundering after she admitted at Eastern Court that $1.2 million in crime proceeds passed through her bank account.
Marcela Awingan, 38 years old, was sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment by Principal Magistrate Don So for violation of the Organuzed and Serious Crimes Ordinance.
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A police complaint dated June 14 accused Awingan of dealing with property that came from crime.
The charge was based on the flow of $1,231,539.07 into and
out of her Standard Chartered Bank account between March 12 and April 13, 2023.
She did the offense “togther with persons unknown,” the
complaint added.
It asserted that she dealt with the property which “… in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, represented any person’s proceeds of an indictable offense.”
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