A Filipina identified as the agent who induced several fellow Filipinas to submit fake work contracts to the Immigration Department to obtain foreign domestic helper visas, appeared at Shatin Court yesterday (April 11) to face six charges of conspiracy to defraud.
Kathleen Emily Vizcarra, 35, had been identified as the
agent in several cases in which Filipinas were convicted of conspiracy to defraud
and punished with jail terms of up to six months for obtaining visas by
submitting fake contracts.
Vizcarra appeared as a co-defendant with a local, Liu
Chong-hang, 34, after both were summoned for separate cases. The two were told that their
cases had been consolidated into one, for transfer to a higher court because of
its magnitude.
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The charges accuse both of conspiring to defraud the
Immigration director and his officers by falsely stating that their visa applicants
would work for their supposed employers, and inducing the officials to grant the
DHs “permission to enter and remain in Hong Kong in circumstances which they
would not otherwise be granted.”
Magistrate David Chum freed the two on bail of $2,000 with several
conditions, such as not to leave Hong Kong and not to approach or contact any
of the prosecution witnesses, until the next hearing on May 23.
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In the consolidated case, Vizcarra faced three charges on
her own:
- Submitting to Immigration between April 2022 and May 21, 2023 a fake work contract between Josephine Soberano and alleged employer Li Sin-ting, for which Soberano was granted permission to enter and remain in Hong Kong.
- Submitting to Immigration between January 2022 and March 14, 2022 a fake work contract between Remelyn Edra and alleged employer Zheng Jiabao, for which Edra was allowed to enter and remain in Hong Kong.
- Submitting to Immigration between March 2022 and Feb. 21, 2023 a fake work contract between Remelyn Edra and alleged employer Kwok Ka-Lai, for which Edra was allowed to enter and remain in Hong Kong.
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Vizcarra is co-defendant with Liu in these cases:
- Submitting to Immigration between April 2022 and Feb. 26, 2023 a fake work contract between Mark Luansin and alleged employer Tse Siu-po, for which Luansin was allowed to enter and remain in Hong Kong.
- Submitting to Immigration between March 2022 and Feb. 26, 2023 a fake work contract between Marjorie Lantano and alleged employer Chan Sing-wa, for which Lantano was allowed to enter and remain in Hong Kong.
- Submitting to Immigration between June 2022 and April 26, 2023 a fake work contract between Elynette Montalban and alleged employer Tam Ka-ki, for which Montalban was allowed to enter and remain in Hong Kong.
Liu faces two charges on his own:
- Submitting to Immigration between August 2022 and Sept. 16, 2022 a fake work contract between Coleta Ayag and alleged employer Ho Ping-wing, for which Ayag was allowed to enter and remain in Hong Kong.
- “Dishonestly and falsely representing to the Director and his officers” on March 7, 2022 that Chau Sai-ho was the spouse of Coleta Ayag, to enable Ayag to obtain a dependent’s visa.
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