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A Filipina was sentenced to 32 months in jail for allowing $2.75 million of crime money to pass through her bank account in just six days in 2023.
Deputy District Judge C.H. Li handed the sentence Tuesday (June 30) to Charity
Joy T. Paculio, 46 years old, after her trial at District Court earlier this month
for "dealing with property known or believed to represent proceeds of indictable
offence," a violation of the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance.
Paculio, a domestic helper, was convicted of dealing with
proceeds of crime, through her Standard Chartered Bank account where deposits
and withdrawals totaling $2,751,387.98 were made from Feb. 22 to 28, 2023.
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Judge Li gave credence to the prosecution’s assertion that
she was accountable for the money that went through her bank account despite
her claims that she did not make any of these transactions.
Detained
since late 2024, she would have been in detention for close to two years. Discounting
holidays and credit for good behavior, she is expected to be in jail for less
than one more year.
Meanwhile, at Kowloon City Court, domestic helper Daisy
Ancheta, 37 years old, was remanded in jail after her money laundering case was
adjourned to July 18.
She is accused of allowing $689,457.73 in crime proceeds to go through her Mox Bank account between Jan. 13 and Feb. 1, 2024.
