A Hong Kong man who claimed to have qualified as a lawyer on the mainland said he was lured into helping others launder more than HK$440 million due to his lack of legal knowledge, the District Court heard yesterday.
Leung Ying-kit, 35, was jailed for 2-1/2 years after having been convicted at his trial last month of one count of conspiracy to launder the money between August 2004 and May 2008.
Judge Stanley Chan Kwong-chi found Leung was a “frontline member” of the scam to receive and launder the money. “Leung claimed to be a qualified lawyer on the mainland, but he had no suspicions and showed no hesitation when he committed the offence,” the judge said.