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A Filipina who has insisted at Eastern Court that she was not the one who opened accounts at two internet banks which were used to launder more than $2 million, will know the court's verdict on Jun 30.
Analiza Talay, 48 years old, said she was misled in an internet gaming promotion to provide a copy of her Hong Kong identity card, which was later used to open an account with MOX Bank and another with ZA Bank.
On cross examination yesterday, she tearfully insisted she was not the one who opened the MOX account in which crime money amounting to $1,746,610. 41 flowed in and out between March 19 to 28, 2023, and another with ZA Bank through which a total of $478,1271.52 was laundered from March 19 to 27, 2023.
The money flows were used as basis for two charges of “dealing with property known or believed to represent proceeds of indictable offence,” in violation of the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance.
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Meanwhile, trial was scheduled for July 21 at Eastern Court for
a similar case against Imelda Maqueda, 54 years old, who earlier pleaded not
guilty.
During pre-trial review today
before Acting Principal Magistrate David Cheung, prosecution said it will present
one witnesss while defence will present Maqueda as witness.
Maqueda
is accused of dealing in $312,497.50 in illegal funds that were deposited
and withdrawn between Dec. 17, 2020 and Jan. 8, 2021 in her Hang Seng Bank
account.
She was remanded in jail after the hearing.
In still another money-laundering case at Tuen Mun Court, Reamae
Davila, 40 years old, was returned to jail after Magistrate David Chum adjourned
her case to June 26.
Her case arose from the infow and
outflow of $934,596.60 in her Bank of China account between 13th and
28th of May, 2024.
