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| It's the Filipina's second conviction for the same crime |
A Filipina domestic helper was jailed for eight months today in her second conviction for money laundering since May.
Maribel Guitang, 47, had earlier
pleaded guilty at Tuen Mun Court, and Acting Principal Magistrate Daniel Tang sentenced
her for violating Sections 25(1) and 25(3) of
the Organized and Serious Crime Ordinance when the hearing resumed
today.
She admitted dealing with proceeds
of crime by allowing the use of her Hang Seng Bank account as depository of $731,800
between Feb. 19 and April 19, 2021.
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Last May 2, Guitang was jailed for
four months after she pleaded guilty in West Kowloon Court to similar charges, this
time involving her account in Bank of China, which received deposits totaling
$192,000 between April 21 and June 15, 2021.
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 indictable offense….”
Guitang’s was the third money laundering
case involving Filipinas heard in Hong Kong courts in the last two weeks.
Last Aug. 12, Jereza Baylon, aged
42, was returned to jail custody after she appeared at Tuen Mun Court.
She was accused of dealing with
proceeds of crime by allowing the use of her Hang Seng Bank account in the
deposit and withdrawal of $1,352,305 between July 31 and Aug. 29, 2023.
Her case was adjourned to April 11
next year.
On Aug. 14, Vinecar Vineles, 39, was
allowed to post a $10,000 bail for her temporary release after her case was
adjourned to Sept. 28.
She was charged because of the $97,000 that flowed in and out of her HSBC account between Oct. 29, 2022 and April 3, 2023, “knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe that property… represented the proceeds of an indictable offense,” the police complaint said.
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