By Vir B. Lumicao
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| The Filipina is accused of using her HSBC bank account to launder dirty money |
A Filipina former domestic helper is facing charges of money
laundering and overstaying her visa in
Kris Hope Vargas returned to
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She is charged with “dealing with property known or believed to represent proceeds of indictable offence” (legalese for money laundering) and “breach of condition of stay” for overstaying.
In her previous appearance before Magistrate Bina Chainrai on Dec 8, the prosecution sought more time for the police to obtain documents from Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp and enquiry replies from the Immigration Department.
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Today, the prosecution said Immigration records showed the
defendant was allowed to stay in
She was arrested on Nov 20 for the money laundering offense. The prosecution said, however, that police investigators are still awaiting some documents and records of ATM card transactions on Vargas’ HSBC account.
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The amount of money involved was not mentioned.
The prosecutor asked for a four-week adjournment for further legal advice, and to await bank documents that would show where various sums of money transferred from the defendant’s account had been moved.
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The defense lawyer applied for bail for his client, saying Vargas could raise her bail offer to $2,000 from $1,500 previously.
But the prosecution objected to the granting of bail, citing the high risk that the defendant would abscond.
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Chainrai reminded the prosecution that Vargas had been in custody since Nov 20, but still refused the bail application.
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