September 22, 2010, MANILA, Philippines –Thirty-six people, including three foreigners, were arrested for illegal recruitment in an entrapment operation by members of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in Makati City on Tuesday, police reports showed Wednesday.
Two British nationals, one Kenyan and the Filipino staff of the employment agency International Student Advisors 4 U Incorporated were the subjects of complaints by sixteen of their applicants, police said.
Arrested by the authorities were Timothy Malcolm Sargeant, Karen Denise Wood, both British nationals; and Kenyan Paul Maundu Nyamai. The Filipinos were not identified.
CIDG Director Leon Nilo dela Cruz said the applicants complained after their visa applications were denied by the embassy of the United Kingdom.
Senior Superintendent Gilbert Sosa, CIDG Anti-Transnational Crimes Division chief police, said that the suspects extorted application processing fees from their victims from P300,000 to P370,000 each.
The agency allegedly promised the applicants work as medical staff or caregivers but with student visas.
Police said that further investigation with UK embassy showed that there were no student programs in the UK universities. Karen Boncocan, INQUIRER.net
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