DMW arrests illegal recruiter to Canada who posed as its staff

 

The alleged illegal recruiter was arrested in an entrapment operation 

A woman who pretended to be a staff member of the Department of Migrant Workers and offered fake jobs to Canada in exchange for fees of up to P220k per applicant, was arrested on Thursday in an entrapment operation in a Quezon City mall.

The woman identified as Susan Velasquez is now detained at Camp Crame and faces charges of large-scale illegal recruitment,  estafa and usurpation of authority. Large-scale illegal recruitment is non-bailable and carries the maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

According to the complainants, Velasquez approached them in March this year, and showed them a DMW staff identification card to entice them to apply for the job of “fruit picker” in Canada, for which they were supposed to be paid CAD3,800 or P150,000 to P160,000 per month.

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If they paid the full processing fee of between P200,000 to P230,000 they were assured they could leave in two months.

A number of applicants who were hooked by Velasquez’s promises immediately paid the processing fee at the recruiter’s office in Montalban, Rizal.

But after months of waiting with no clear sign that they would be able to leave as promised the applicants went to the office of the Migrant Workers Protection Bureau of the DMW where they learned that Velasquez was not licensed to recruit workers for overseas placement and was  also not connected with DMW.

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The MWPB immediately contacted the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, Anti-Transnational Crime Unit (CIDG-ATCU) and the two agencies set up the entrapment operation in a mall in Cubao.

During a meeting with the victims, DMW Secretary Hans Cacdac promised to pursue the case against Velasquez and give them free legal help.

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Cacdac also appealed to those who have fallen prey to Velasquez’  ploy to immediately visit the office of the DMW-MWPB on the 4th Floor, Blas F. Ople Building, Ortigas Ave­nue corner EDSA, Mandaluyong City or send a private message to the DMW AIRTIP Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/dmwairtip so they could be helped in filing appropriate charges.

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