A former domestic helper whose bank account was used to launder an initially estimated $5.1 million, one of the biggest sums involving a Filipino, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison after she pleaded guilty at the District Court.
District Judge Isaac Tam convicted Jereza Baylon, 45 years
old and unemployed, of conspiring to deal with property known or believed to
represent proceeds of an indictable offence, contrary to section 25(1) and (3)
of the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance, and sections 159A and 159C of
the Crimes Ordinance.
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The District Court charge filed by the Justice Department did
not specify the amount involved, referring only to “property, namely money
deposited or to be deposited in Standard Chartered Bank (Hong grounds Leto
Kong) Limited….”
The charge placed the conspiracy between July 1 and October 25, 2023.
When the complaint was filed originally by Tai Po police last
year at Fanling Court, it was alleged that Baylon handled $5,144,271:3 in her
account with Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited.
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It said she let the transactions in her bank account took place “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.”
When the case was elevated to the District Court, the charge was amended to conspiracy to commit money laundering.
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