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| The District Court in Wanchai will take over the case because of the huge amount involved |
A Filipina domestic helper facing three charges of laundering a total of more than $4.67 million has been ordered to appear at the District Court on March 13, after the cases against her were ordered transferred from the magistracy.
Lilian Ponce Amasula, 52 years old and a resident of Sai Kung, was allowed to post bail of $20,000 by Eastern Court Principal Magistrate Don So until the next hearing at the District Court.
The transfer of the case to the higher court came
after the three charges against Amasula were amended and consolidated.
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In the first charge, Amasula is accused of conspiring with a person known as “Maridech Sedasdian” of laundering a total of $2,026,373.31 in a Standard Chartered Bank account, between Apr 11 and 17, 2023.
In the second charge, Amasula and Sedasdian are
accused of laundering a total of $2,285.037.06 in a Mox bank account, between
Apr 8 and 26, 2023.
In the third charge, Amasula and Sedasdian are again
accused of laundering a total of $465,206.79 in an account with the Hong Kong
and Shanghai Banking Ltd.
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The two accused are charged with “knowing or having
reasonable grounds to believe that the sums involved, “in whole or in part,
directly or indirectly” represented proceeds of an indictable offence.
Details of the alleged offences were not disclosed
in court, but records showed Amasula was arrested last year and taken to the Central
District Police station.
Meanwhile, another Filipina who also faced a charge
of money laundering before Magistrate So yesterday, was returned to custody after
pleading not guilty to the offence.
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Imelda G. Maqueda, 54, said to be unemployed and
with no fixed abode in Hong Kong, was told to appear in court again on Apr 14
for a pre-trial review of her case.
She faces a charge of laundering a total of
$312,497.50 in her Hang Seng bank account between Dec 17, 2020 and Jan 8, 2021.
Under Hong Kong laws, money laundering is punishable with a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and fine of up to $5 million.
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