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Two Filipinas pleaded guilty on Tuesday to money laundering by allowing their bank accounts to be used to “clean” money from crimes, but their sentencing was put off pending backgound reports to find out how they got entangled in the illicit scheme.
Marilyn Macanas and Perla Gerbolingo, both domestic helpers,
admitted their roles in the crime when they appeared at the Fanling Court before
Magistrate Chan Ping-chau, who adjourned
their cases to May 7 and 8, respectively.
Macanas' account showed more than $400,000 had passed through in three months, while it took only two months for $1.3 million to flow through Gerbolingo's.
As a result, both were charged with “dealing in property known or believed to represent proceeds of indictable offense,” in violation of the Organised and Serious Crimes Ordinance.
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The charge against Macanas, 39 years old, arose from the $401,000
in deposits and withdrawals that appeared in her account with the Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corp. from Aug. 15 to Nov. 16, 2020.
Gebolingo, on the other hand, was accused of handling crime
money with the help of an unknown female, through the inflow and outflow of a
total of $1,319,670.01 between July 6 and Sept. 9, 2020 in her HSBC account.
Magistrate Chan remanded them in jail until the next hearing.
