Hong Kong, June 16, 2024 - Three Filipino nationals are currently in jail as they await their upcoming court hearings for alleged money laundering offenses.
Aster Leo Balucang, 38, is accused of having $2,182,836 deposited into and withdrawn from his HSBC Hong Kong account between October 2022 and June 2023. He is scheduled to return to Kwun Tong Court on July 12.
Marcela Awingan, 38, had a total of $1,231,539.07 enter and leave her Standard Chartered Bank account between March and April 2023. Awingan, who was arrested at the Hong Kong International Airport in January 2024 while 7 months pregnant, said she will plead guilty to the money laundering charge when she returns to Eastern Court on August 6.
The third defendant, 35-year-old Ma. Rochel Fuentes, is accused of having $666,300 move through her Standard Chartered Bank account over 2 days in April 2023. Fuentes was also arrested at the airport. Her case will be transferred to another court when she appears on August 22.
All three individuals are facing charges of "dealing with property known or believed to represent proceeds of an indictable offense" under Sections 25(1) and 25(3) of Hong Kong's Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance. They await their next court dates while detained in custody.
三名菲律賓人涉嫌洗錢等候出庭
香港，2024年6月16日 - 三名菲律賓公民目前正在監獄中等候即將到來的法庭聆訊,他們被指控涉及洗錢罪行。
38歲的Aster Leo Balucang被指在2022年10月至2023年6月期間,在其匯豐銀行香港帳戶中存入及提取共2,182,836港元。他被要求於7月12日返回觀塘法院。
38歲的Marcela Awingan則被指在2023年3月至4月期間,在其渣打銀行帳戶中出入共1,231,539.07港元。Awingan於2024年1月在懷孕7個月時於香港國際機場被捕,她已表示願意在8月6日東區法院guilty。
第三名被告35歲的Ma. Rochel Fuentes被指於2023年4月4日至6日期間,在其渣打銀行帳戶中有666,300港元進出。Fuentes亦是在機場被捕,她將於8月22日被移交到另一法庭。
三人均被控觸犯《有組織及嚴重罪行條例》第25(1)及25(3)條「處理已知或相信為可Evictable罪行得益的財產」的罪名。他們在羈押中等候下次出庭。
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