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The Filipina pleaded guilty at West Kowloon Courts |
Another Filipina domestic helper will be spending time in prison after she pleaded guilty in West Kowloon Court yesterday to money laundering with the use of her bank account.
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PINDUTIN DITO |
Maribel Guitang, 47 years old, was jailed for four months after admitting before Magistrate Tsang
Hing-tung that she violated Sections 25(1) and 25(3) of the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance.
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TAWAG NA! |
She was linked to the offence by her account in Bank of
China, which served as the main evidence for the charge.
This bank account received deposits totalling $192,000,
which also got withdrawn, between April 21 and June 15, 2021.
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PINDUTIN DITO! |
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 indctable offfense….”