A Chinese woman has appeared before Dublin District Court charged with money laundering contrary to the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act, and possession of a controlled drug for sale and supply contrary to Section 15 of the Misuse of Drugs Act.
Biren Lin (42) of Mountjoy Square told Gardaí, “I don’t understand how I was involved in money laundering with that amount of cash,” when she was charged with the money laundering offence in respect of the sum of €7,235, suspected to be the proceeds of crime.
When charged with this offence she also told Gardaí, “How can you charge me for offences if it’s such a small amount?”
When charged with respect to the possession of cannabis she said, “I knew about the weed. Somebody told me you can smoke it.”
She also said, “I was going to give it to a friend as a present.”
The accused, who was aided by a Mandarin interpreter, was remanded on bail to appear again on the 15th of December.
She must surrender her passport, not apply for any other travel document, sign on twice a week at Mountjoy Garda station, provide a mobile phone number and be contactable at all times, and refrain from gambling on O’Connell Street.