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A Filipina facing three money laundering charges after some $3.66 million in crime money allegedly passed through three bank accounts under her name, has been remanded in jail after appearing at Fanling Court Wednesday (April 30).
Vermadel Canonero, 47 years old, faces three cases of “dealing with property known or believed to represent proceeds of indictable offence,” in violation sections 2(1) and 25(3) of the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance.
Magistrate Kenneth Chan adjourned the case to June 25.
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The first charge arose from deposits and withdrawals that
totalled $345,000 in her Bank of China account between June 7 and July 4 last
year.
The second charge was based on incoming and outgoing transactions
that totalled $261,627.61 in her China CITIC Bank account between March 28 and
Nov. 13 last year.
The biggest amount in the case, which totalled
$3,053,671.25, went through her MOX Bank account from March 12 to July 13 last
year.
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In a separate case in the same court, Ma. Gretel Mago, 48, pleaded
not guilty to a similar charge so Magistrate Chan scheduled a trial for June 2.
Mago is accused of money laundering, based on a total of
$1,1,25,601.96 in crime money that allegedly passed through her Hang Seng Bank
account between July 2 and July 27 last year.
Money laundering in Hong Kong carries a maximum penalty of 14 years in jail and $5 million in fines
