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The niece of a man who was a key target of an RCMP investigation into the biggest money-laundering case in B.C. history has denied in court filings that two Metro Vancouver properties she owns have been used to launder money.

Juanjuan Jia is the registered owner of a mortgaged $764,000 condo on Jones Road in Richmond and a mortgaged $3.24-million house on Chelsea Court in West Vancouver.

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Both properties are named in a suit by the province to seize assets and money, including millions in cash and vehicles — totalling potentially more than $8 million — as proceeds of crime.

In its filings in B.C. Supreme Court, the B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office claims that both properties were used to launder money.

The civil forfeiture office also alleges that Paul King Jin is the beneficial or true owner of both properties, and that Jia acted as a nominee owner or owner of convenience on behalf of Jin.

Jia is the niece of Jin, who was named as a key suspect in the RCMP’s E-Pirate money laundering probe. Jin was arrested on Feb. 24, 2016 for possession of proceeds of crime, money laundering, and running illegal gambling operations, but was not charged, according to court documents.