A public housing tenant was yesterday convicted in the Court of First Instance of laundering HK$6.7 billion through nine Hong Kong banks in four years…
Lam was found guilty of dealing with property known or believed to represent the proceeds of an indictable offence. She faces a jail term of up to 14 years and a fine of up to HK$5 million when she returns for sentencing today.
After migrating to Hong Kong from the mainland in 1989, Lam on average laundered HK$155 million every month between 2002 and 2005.
Mr Justice Andrew Chan Hing-wai said he was unconvinced by Lam’s account that she had received only occasional monthly payments of HK$4,500 for laundering the money.
See said Lam was arrested in 2008 after two of her bank accounts were subject to investigation over the fraud complaint. The police’s attention had been drawn to suspicious activities over at least 12 bank accounts in Lam’s name, and after four years of further inquiries, they found sufficient evidence to press charges.
The court earlier heard that Lam made more than 17,000 bank transfers over bank counters to funnel the funds to other Hong Kong accounts.
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