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A Filipina domestic helper was jailed today for 24 months after she pleaded guilty fo three counts of money laundering, in which her three bank accounts were used as depositories of a total of almost $2.5 million derived from crime.
Reamae Davila, 40 years old, was meted the sentence by Acting
Principal Magistrate Daniel Tang in a hearing at Tuen Mun Court. It's normally the highest prison term that a magistrate can impose for a single offence.
Her penalty is actually a summary of three sentences: 12
months imprisonment for the first charge, 24 months for the second and six
months for the third. Since Magistrate Tang ordered that the three sentences run
at the same time, the longest term of 24 months became the final sentence.
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In all three cases, Davila was charged with dealing with property known
or believed to represent proceeds of indictable offence, which is contrary to
sections 25 (1) and 25 (3) of the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance.
In the first charge, Davila was accused of dealing wth $934,596.60
in her account with Bank Of China between 13 and 28 of May 2024 “… knowing or
having reasonable grounds to believe that property.., in whole or in part,
directly or indirectly represented any person's proceeds of an indictable
offence,” accordng to the complaint filed by the Police Technology and Financial
Crime Squad 1.
In the second charge, she was accused of dealing with $1,487,144.73
in her account with Mox Bank Limited between April 8 and June 29,2024.
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In the third case, Davila was charged with dealing in $73,429 between 13and 16 of May 2024 through her account with the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.
