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Filipinos who have landed in jail for money laundering, may be among the owners of bank accounts allegedly used by a group of mainland Chinese to launder a total of about HK$255 million.
The eight mainland men appeared at Eastern Court last Wednesday (Oct. 22), charged with "conspiracy to deal with property known or believed to represent proceeds of indictable crime." All of them are accused of conspiring with “people unknown” in handling millions of dollars through multiple bank accounts in Hong Kong, despite not having permanent addresses here.
With the big amounts involved in the case, the case would most likely be elevated to higher courts,
and may take time to resolve because of the complexity of proving their alleged violations of sections 25(1) and 25(3) of the Organized and Serious
Crimes Ordinance and sectons 159A and 159c of the Crimes Ordinance.
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The first defendant, Ma Zhiwei, 37 years old and unemployed, was accused of conspiring “together with a person unknown” in handling between Oct. 30, 2023 and Feb. 1, 2024 a total of HK$71,918,900.86. which “represented any person's proceeds of an indictable offence,” according to information fied by police.
The "dirty" money was deposited into the bank accounts with these
numbers: 881026650285 at ZA Bank Limited, 33902902170 at ANT Bank (Hong Kong)
Limited, 29083482261 at Standard Chartered Hong Kong Limited, 04347710951399 at
Nanyang Commercial Bank Limited, 149772568833 at The Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation Limited, 973064488888 at Hang Seng Bank Limited, and 0052746399
at Citibank Hong Kong Limited.
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All the funds that went into these accounts were found to have drained
into Ma’s own China Construction Bank (Asia) Limited account numbered
000402698845.
The second defendant, Liu Jiacheng, a 29-year-old salesman, was
accused of handling between Jan. 11 and March 2, 2024 a total of
HK$41,611,191.51 deposited into accounts numbered 888013606960 at ZA Bank
Limited, 01272120260902 at Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, 04347211305853 at
Nanyang Commercial Bank Limited, and 388756097313331 at Livi Bank Limited.
The funds were drained into Liu’s Ant Bank (Hong Kong)
Limited account numbered 33034532853, the police alleged.
The third defendant, Wang Kai, 37 years old and unemployed, was
accused of handling HK$44,346,176 in
crime funds deposited from Jan. 18 2024 too March 5, 2024 into bank accounts
numbered 881013635723 at ZA Bank Limited, 33226554061 at ANT Bank (Hong Kong)
Limited, and 01258620581299 at Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited.
These deposits were drained into 04347710955252 at Nanyang
Commercial Bank Limited, account held Wang’s name, the police said.
The fourth defendant was Tao Chenfu, 37 years old and unemployed,
who handled a total of HK$25,900,000, “in whole or in part directly or
indirectly represented any person's proceeds of an indictable offence,” the
police comlaint said.
Tao was accused of handing the funds between April 2023 and
February 2024.
The fifth defendant Wang Jun, 33 years old and unemployed, was
accused of handling HK$23,276,647.43 in crime funds between Jan. 17 and March
11, 2024 through bank account numbered 885013672717 at ZA Bank Limited, and through
33081448193 at Ant Bank (Hong Kong) Limited which was in his name.
Yang Chenen, a 42-year-old businessman, was the sixth accused
of conspiring with a person unknown in handling a total of HK$17,000,059.66
between Dec. 23, 2023 and Feb. 21, 2024 through deposits into bank accounts
numbered 369840202888 at Hang Seng Bank Limited, and his own account numbered
149007999833 at The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.
The seventh accused, Yao Xinlei, a 36-year-old salesman, was
charged with handling HK$42,634,318.96 between the Nov. 1, 2023 and March 13. 2024 in
conspiracy with a person unknown.
The money went into accounts numbered 888013627922 at ZA
Bank Limited, 01287521057463 at Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, 885000100389
at Airstar Bank Limited and his own account numbered 33290362482 at Ant Bank
(flong Kong) Limited.
The last defendant, Guo Jingchun, 35 years old and
unemployed, was accused of handling HK$10,452,752 In crime proceeds through his
bank account numbered 888015763076 at ZA
Bank Limited.
