A 53-YEAR-old Chinese businessman who was found guilty on charges of obtaining property by deception and money laundering involving $1.2million last month has been further remanded.
Aidong Zhang appeared before judge Justice Salesi Temo today.
The matter was called for sentencing, however, Justice Temo postponed the sentencing because the State did not have the victim impact statement in the case.
Justice Temo informed the court that it was important for the victim impact statement to be made available before he could sentence the accused.
It is alleged that between June 1, 2014, and January 31, 2016, Zhang had deceptively obtained property and engaged directly or indirectly in money laundering in the amount of $1,240,740.74.
He had obtained the money by deception from the complainant who was his business partner on the pretext that a property was being sold at $5.5 million instead of its actual price of $3.3 million.
The matter now will be called on September 23.
