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Another Filipina has been jailed for one year after pleading guilty at Eastern Court to allowing the use of her bank account for laundering of crime money totalling more than $1 million.
Majorie Tayaoa, 44 years old, is the latest in the long list
of Filipinas who had been entangled in money laundering by letting other people
take control of their bank accounts.
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She was charged with dealing with property known or believed
to be proceeds of indictable offense, in violation of the Organized and Serious
Crimes Ordinance.
Tayaoa admitted allowing the use of her Mox Bank account to
receive deposits totalling $1,136,868.02, which were subsequently withdrawn, between
July 20 and Aug. 1, 2023.
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Meanwhile, Jennifer Ducusin, 40 years
old, has been remanded in jail after appearing in at Kwun Tong Court last Feb.
7, accused of stealing jewelry and other items worth more than $772,000 plus 2,500 yuan
in cash.
A police complaint listed the items she allegedly stole from
her employer: three necklaces, 17 rings, five pairs of earrings, eight
bracelets, three gold chains, one gold coin, two gold ingots, three pendants,
two watches, one handbag, one scarf, one shawl and one ivory scale.
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The theft allegedly happened at her employer’s flat at Green
Park in Tseung Kwan O between July and November last year.
