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DCCC398/2025
香港特別行政區 訴 馬幹亮
Case Details
Case ReferenceDCCC398/2025
CourtDistrict Court 區域法院
Date Published2026-03-19
LanguageTraditional Chinese
NCN[2026] HKDC 268
Claimant / Applicant香港特別行政區
Defendant / Respondent馬幹亮
Judges區域法院法官葉佐文
Claimant Counsel林澤民
Claimant Solicitors律政司
Defendant Counsel洪浩基
Defendant Solicitors李淑萍律師行
Judgment Summary
Facts
- •Defendant convicted of two counts of money laundering under Cap. 455.
- •Count 1 involved HKD 1.45 million in HSBC account (Dec 2022).
- •Count 2 involved HKD 4.27 million in BOC account (Sep 2022-Jan 2023).
- •At least eight investment fraud victims transferred funds to these accounts.
- •Total funds handled exceeded HKD 5.7 million.
- •Defendant convicted after trial; no guilty plea.
- •Prosecution provided expert evidence on rise of mule accounts.
Issues
- •Appropriate sentencing starting point for money laundering.
- •Application of sentence enhancement under Cap. 455 s.27.
- •Weight of mitigating factors (family, no prior record) vs deterrence.
- •Concurrency of sentences for two related counts.
Outcome
- •Count 1: 39 months imprisonment.
- •Count 2: 50 months imprisonment.
- •35 months of Count 1 concurrent with Count 2.
- •Total effective sentence: 54 months imprisonment.
- •30% sentence enhancement applied under Cap. 455 s.27.
Implication
- •Courts prioritize deterrence in money laundering cases.
- •Section 27 enhancement applicable based on crime prevalence evidence.
- •Family hardship is insufficient for substantial sentence reduction.
- •Conviction after trial precludes guilty plea discount.
Laws & Authorities Cited
- §有組織及嚴重罪行條例 (Cap. 455), s.25(1)
- §有組織及嚴重罪行條例 (Cap. 455), s.25(3)
- §有組織及嚴重罪行條例 (Cap. 455), s.27
- §律政司司長訴雲國強 [2010] CAAR 13/2010