Four Filipinas whose ATM cards ended up being used for money
laundering, appeared in magistrate courts on Tuesday, Jan. 28, with one of them being moved to
the District Court due to the amount of crime money that flowed in and out of her
bank account.
Eastern Court Principal Magistrate Don So returned Charity
Joy Paculio, 45 years old, to detention after he adjourned her case to Feb. 18,
when she appears at the District Court, charged with “dealing with property known
or believed to represent proceeds of indictable offense,” in violation of the Organized
and Serious Crimes Ordinance.
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The case arose from deposits and withdrawals between Feb. 22 and 28, 2024 which amounted to $2,751,387.98 in her Standard Chartered Bank account .
At Fanling Court, acting Principal Magistrate Veronica Heung
Shuk-han, the separate cases against two Filipinas for plea.
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Perla Gerbolingo, 40 years old, will be due for plea –
whether guilty or not -- when she returns on April 22 after having been allowed
to post bail of $1,000.
She is accused of money laundering because of the
$1,319,670.01 that passed through her HSBC account between July 5 and Sept. 9,
2020.
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Marilyn Macanas, 39 years old, was also allowed bail of
$1,000 and told to return on the same date.
Her case arose from the $401,000 in crime money that flowed
in and out of her HSBC account between Aug. 14 and Nov. 16, 2020.
At Kwun Tong Court, Eva Rose Tacda, 47 years old, was allowed
by acting Principal Magistrate Leung Ka-kie to post bail of $2,000. Her case
was adjourned to March 11.
Tacda was accused of handling the $255,501 in crime money that passed through her Mox Bank account on Feb. 22-23, 2023.
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