Filipina jailed for involvement in rent scam, overstaying

September 23, 2020

Eastern Magistrates' Court in Sai Wan Ho

A former Filipina domestic worker was jailed for eight months after lending her bank account which was used to trick would-be renters in a scam.

Magistrate Bina Chainrai at the Eastern Courts also sentenced A. L. Cabanban to four weeks imprisonment for overstaying, and this will run concurrently with the other penalty.

The defendant’s counsel said Cabanban was willing to shoulder the legal responsibility behind her actions, and that she had learned her lesson. He added the defendant would want to go back to her family in the Philippines after serving jail time.

Cabanban earlier admitted to overstaying in the city for more than a year to look for job opportunities. She also admitted to conspiring to commit money laundering after she let her friend borrow a bank account that received HK$52,770 through scams.