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Gold Coast woman, 70, convicted of laundering $400k via criminal syndicate's romance scam

Elizabeth Ruth Mak was sentenced in Southport District Court on Wednesday. (ABC News: Henry Zwartz — file photo)

A 70-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to recklessly laundering more than $400,000 in an elaborate criminal scheme that ultimately targeted other lonely women.

The Southport District Court heard Gold Coast woman Elizabeth Ruth Mak was "expertly manipulated" into helping an organised crime syndicate after meeting a man online.

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