A Filipina charged with conspiracy to defraud and lying to Immigration at the airport, has been convicted after pleading guilty at Shatin court, but will be sentenced on December 8.
Maria Nina Fernandez, 40, was thus allowed bail of $800 by acting
Principal Magistrate Cheang Kei-hong until her next hearing.
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Fernandez was convicted of conspiracy to defraud on Friday
(october 9), contrary to Common Law and punishable under section 159C(6) of the
Crimes Ordinance, for conspiring with Liu Chung Hang to defraud the Immigration
Director and his officers, “by dishonestly and falsely representing … that you
had been employed by Cho Yee Mi as a domestic helper,” according to the
complaint by the Immigration Department.
The conspiracy induced “the Director and his officers to act
contrary to their public duty, namely to grant you permission to enter and
remain in Hong Kong in circumstances which they would not otherwise have
granted.”
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The complaint added that Fernandez committed the offense
between an unknown day in October 2022 and 17 October 2023 in Hong Kong.
The second charge is making a false representation to an
Immigration Assistant lawfully acting under or in the execution of Part II of
the Immigration Ordinance, contrary to section 42(1) (a) of the Ordinance.
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Fernandez was charged with making a false representation to
an Immigration Assistant at the airport that she would work for her contractual
employer Cho Yee Mi on January 26, 2023.
