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| The Filipina appeared in Tuen Mun court |
A domestic helper was jailed for 16 months on Thursday, July 31, after she admitted at Tuen Mun Court that $2.3 million in crime proceeds passed through her bank account last March in an offense more commonly known as money laundering.
Maureen Romero, 41 years old, was convicted by Acting Principal
Magistrate Daniel Tang of dealing with property known or believed to represent proceeds
of indictable offense, an offense under the Organized and Serious Crimes
Ordinance.
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| Pindutin para sa detalye |
Romero was made accountable for deposits and withdrawals
totalling $2,297,076 in her MOX Bank account between March 14 and 24 this year.
She was said to have committed the offense “together with a person
unknown,” according to the complaint filed by the Yuen Long Police’s Technology
and Financial Crime Squad.
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| Basahin ang detalye! |
The complaint said the two dealt with the property “knowing
or having reasonable grounds to believe that the said property, in whole or in
part, directly or indirectly represented any person’s proceeds of an indictable
crime.”
The sentence imposed on Romero is on the high side, apparently given the amount involved.
However, the offence is punishable with a maximum prison term of 14 years, and up to $5 million fine.
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