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Another Filipina domestic helper was jailed today for money laundering after pleading guilty to allowing her bank account to be used to receive deposits of money raised from criminal activities.
Marilyn Macanas, 36 years old, was sentenced to 8 months in prison after her conviction at Fanling Court for “dealing in property known or believed to represent proceeds of indictable offence,” in violation of the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance.
Magistrate Kenneth Chan sentenced her to eight months’ jail.
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The charge arose from the inflow and outflow between Aug. 14
and Nov. 16, 2020 of a total of $401,000 in her account in the Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corp.
In a separate but similar case at Kwun Tong Court, Elle Cherel,
38 years old, was remanded in jail custody after she appeared before Acting
Principal Magistrate Leung Ka-kie.
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She was charged with money laundering because of the deposits and withdrawals
that totalled $363,442.38 between Aug. 1, 2022 and Jan. 13, 2023.
Magistrate Leung adjourned the case to June 24.
