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A Filipina domestic helper was jailed for eight months today after she pleaded guilty in Fanling Court to money laundering, in which more than $1.5 million passed through her two bank accounts.
April Rose Sumaya, 41 years old, was convicted of “dealing with property known or
believed to represent proceeds of indictable offense,” which violates the
Serious and Organized Crimes Ordinance.
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| TAWAG NA! |
Acting Principal Magistrate Peony Wong handed down the penalty of four
months’ jail to Sumaya for the first charge of allowing the use of her Hang
Seng Bank account so that $501,680 flowed in and out from June 7, 2021 to July 5,
2021.
Sumaya received another six months for the use of her Hongkong and Shanghai
Bank account, where a total of $1,102,960 was deposited and withdrawn between
June 24, 2021 and July 6, 2021.
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| PINDUTIN DITO |
Since Magistrate Wong ordered that two months of the first charge will run
at the same time as the sentence in ther second charge, the sentence was rduced
to eight months.
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