Two Filipino sisters who are housewives, are awaiting sentencing after they pleaded guilty at Eastern Court Friday (April 24) to money laundering charges involving deposits of $1.28 million in crime proceeds in their respective bank accounts.
Principal Magistrate David Cheung adjourned the case to June
26 for sentencing Jojie and Marly Carpiz, while setting to June 15 the trial of
their Indonesian co-accused Purwati, who pleaded not guilty.
Jojie Carpiz. 49 years old, faces a charge of conspiracy
to deal with property, knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe that the
property represented proceeds of an indictable offense, contrary to sections
25(1) and (3) of the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance and sections 159A
and 159C of the Crimes Ordinance.
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Police accused her of conspiring with her sister Marly in dealing
with $600,750 in her account with the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Limited between the 24th and 27 of December 2019
Marly, 51, faces a charge of dealing with property known
or having reasonable grounds to believe that the property represented the
proceeds of an indictable offence, contrary to sections 25(1) and 25(3) of the
Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance.
She is accused of handling tainted money amounting to $600,000 in her HSBC account on Dec.
27, 2019.
Purwati, 34 years old, was also charged with conspiracy to
deal with crime-tainted property, namely $200,000 in her own HSBC account.
The origins of these sums were not mentioned in the charge
sheet.
