R v Nguyen [2020] NSWDC 367

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Nguyen [2020] NSWDC 367 Hearing dates: 2 July 2020 Decision date: 16 July 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Mahony SC DCJ Decision: Full-time custodial sentence. For orders see [64] Catchwords: Money laundering; single offence of possession of money, reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Code 1995 (Cth) Evidence Act 1995 Cases Cited: Ansari v R [2007] NSWCCA 204 R v Jiao [2015] NSWCCA 95 R v Kneebone (1999) 47 NSWLR 450; [1999] NSWCCA 279 R v Lin [2014] NSWCCA 254 Valentine v R [2020] NSWCCA 116 Category: Sentence Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) Yen Phi Nguyen (Offender) Representation: Counsel: B Stevens (Crown) B Levet (Offender)

Solicitors: D Monieson E Hirst (Cth Crown) File Number(s): 19/60556 Publication restriction: Nil

remarks on sentence 1. On 11 March 2020 the offender pleaded not guilty to one count on an Indictment as follows: 1. That she on or about 23 February 2019 at Bankstown in New South Wales, dealt with money or other property, it being reasonable to suspect that such money or other property was proceeds of crime and at the time of dealing the value of the money or property was $100,000.00 or more. 1. On 17 March 2020, the jury returned a verdict of guilty on that count. The matter was then stood over to 21 May 2020 for sentence hearing, and subsequently was adjourned to 2 July 2020. 2. The offence is pursuant to s 400.9(1) of the Criminal Code 1995 (Cth). The maximum penalty proscribed is a period of imprisonment for 3 years, or 180 penalty units, or both.