R v Hoang [2022] NSWDC 193

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Hoang [2022] NSWDC 193 Hearing dates: 22 March 2022 Date of orders: 22 March 2022 Decision date: 22 March 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Bennett SC DCJ Decision: Specify a period of imprisonment of 9 months, pursuant to s 20(1)(b) Crimes Act 1914 order her immediate release upon entering a recognizance in herself of an amount of $5,000 and to be of good behaviour for 2 years Catchwords: CRIME — Confiscations — Forfeiture order — Proceeds of indictable offence CRIME — Money laundering — Dealing with money suspected of being proceeds of crime SENTENCING — Penalties — Recognizance Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 Criminal Code Commonwealth Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth) Cases Cited: Imbornone v R [2017] NSWCCA 144 R v El-Karhani (1990) 21 NSWLR 370 Shi v R [2014] NSWCCA 276 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) Thi My Phuong Hoang (offender) Representation: Sheridan Goodwin (Crown Prosecutor (C'th)) Linda Barnes (counsel for the offender)

Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) File Number(s): 2020/00072903

REVISED EX TEMPORE JudgEment on sentence

Introduction 1. Thi My Phuong Hoang was presented today upon an indictment alleging an offence contrary to s 400.9(1) Criminal Code Commonwealth that she, between about 28 February 2020 and about 29 February 2020, in Sydney in the State of New South Wales and elsewhere, did deal with money it being reasonable to suspect that the money was the proceeds of crime, and at the time of the dealing the value of the money was $100,000 or more.