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Two Filipinas, aged 71 and 38 years old, were convicted today of defrauding the Immigration Department by submitting fake employment contracts naming them as domestic helpers, to be able to get a visa that entitled them to enter and remain in Hong Kong.
Virginia Jovilla, the 71-year-old domestic helper, will appear again in Shatin Court for sentencing on Apr. 4.
The other, Josephine Soberano, 38, will be sentenced on Apr 22.
Acting Principal Magistrate Amy Chan extended their bail of $1,000 each until the sentencing.
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Jovilla, who pleaded guilty today,
was charged with two counts of conspiracy to defraud, contrary to Common Law
and Criminal Jurisdiction Ordinance, and punishable under the Crime Ordinance.
She
is accused in both cases of conspiring with Liu Chung Hang, Kathleen Viscarra
and “others unknown” in misleading Immigration officers into giving her “permission
to enter and stay in Hong Kong under circumstances which they would not
otherwuise have granted.”
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| TAWAG NA! |
In
the first charge, Jovilla was accused of conspiring with the others in January
2022 and March 4, 2022 by submitting a bogus contract to work for King Yee-chi.
In
the second charge, she was accused of conspiring with the same persons in March
2022 and on Jan. 31, 2023 by submitting another bogus contract to work for Lee
Wai-kong.
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For
her part, Soberano was accused of conspiring with unkown persons to submit to
Immigration a bogus employment contract under which she would work for Li
Sin-ting.
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| PADALA NA! |
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