Frankfurt/Main (dpa/lhe) - Because she is said to have made her private checking account available to a major fraud committed in China, a woman has had to answer to the Frankfurt District Court since Wednesday. The 30-year-old is charged with money laundering. The bank of the woman who lives in Frankfurt reported to the public prosecutor's office in spring 2019 that it had received around 1.22 million euros, the origin of which was unclear. According to the results of the investigation, the money came from fraud in China amounting to several million euros.
In court, the accused strenuously denied the bad intentions she was accused of. She assumed that the amount came from the sale of her parents' house in China and was made available to her to buy a condominium in Frankfurt. Since the amount for individual foreign transfers in China is capped at 50,000 euros, the transfers were split and made by several different senders.
The trial is now scheduled to continue on August 29 - the court wants to explore legal details by then. It is also about the collection of the amount transferred - one of the companies concerned has already filed claims.
