Another Filipina has been jailed for six months after her bank account was used in laundering money that came from crime.
Cherel Elle, 38 years
old, pleaded guilty last Tuesday (Oct. 4) at Kwun Tong Court to dealing in
property known or believed to represent proceeds of indictable offense, in violation
of the Organized ad Serious Crimes Ordinance.
Magistrate Eric Yao handed
her the sentence after deducting three months from her sentence in return for
her guilty plea.
Information filed by Kwun
Tong Police said $363,442.58 went in and out of her Bank of China account
between Aug. 1, 2022 and Jan. 23, 2023.
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It said she dealt with
the money “knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe that (the) property…
in whole or in part, directly or indirectly represented any person’s proceeds of
an indictable crime…”
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Elle’s conviction
comes a day after Lea Callo, 32 years old and a Filipina domestic helper, was
also sentenced at Kwun Tong Court to six months in jail for allowing the use of
her bank account in money laundering.
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The charge arose from
the $937,789.50 in crime proceeds that flowed in and out of her Bank of China
account between May 24 and Oct. 26, 2022.
