Qian Xiyun failed to declare to Customs that he was carrying more than TP$10,000 of currency.
He was scheduled to fly out to Fiji.
Kaniva News reports Qian originally pleaded guilty to the charge and elected trial by judge alone in relation to other charges. Clive Edwards appeared for him at trial, which began on 18 March 2019.
At the start of the trial, Edwards said he would argue that the accused had wrongly pleaded guilty to an offence the Crown could not sustain in law.
