January 20, 2010, MANILA, Philippines--Police arrested a tricyle driver after he allegedly collected P100,000 each from eight people to whom he promised jobs in Canada that proved to be nonexistent.
Supt. Jose Hidalgo, director of Manila Police District Station 5 in Ermita, said the suspect, Alexander Abuan, was arrested on Monday while receiving marked money from a prospective victim.
According to the police, Abuan, 47, of Dolores, Quezon, collected the money between April and October last year, telling his victims that he was a representative of MedRP International Philippines Inc.
Abuan reportedly promised the jobseekers that they would be leaving in November 2009 for high-paying positions in a factory in Canada, but this did not materialize.
Police identified those who were promised jobs as Marlon Velasquez, 32; Melody Velasquez, 34; Michael Vincent Fransisco; 27; Ruth Espinosa, 25; Vienna Katherine Rivera, 22; Rosalie Vinas Juan, 34; Reymund Santos, 25; and Marisol Cruz, 27.
Exasperated, the jobseekers went to the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency where they found out that MedRP International Philippines Inc. was not accredited to deploy workers abroad.
The victims sought the help of the police who then set up an entrapment operation to catch Abuan who was later nabbed inside a fastfood establishment on Taft Avenue near Pedro Gil, Manila.
Police named Abuan’s alleged accomplices as Benjamin and Mariel Chua, owners of MedRP, and fellow representatives Haber Yusop, Rhea Yusop, and Jovita Pongan.
Large-scale estafa and illegal recruitment charges have been filed against Abuan and the other suspects who remain at large. Tina Santos, Philippine Daily Inquirer
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