Anthony Vargas
MANILA, Philippines – Police arrested two Britons, a Kenyan and three of their Filipino workers for alleged illegal recruitment following an entrapment operation in Makati City on Tuesday.
Timothy Malcom Sargeant, 53, of Santos St., Niugan, Malabon City; and Karen Denise Wood, 38, of Millenium Plaza, Makati Avenue, Makati City, who operate Student Advisors 4 U Incorporated; and, Paul Maundu Nyamai, 33, of Evangelista St., Bangkal, Makati City, who is a “trainor” of the company, allegedly promised 16 Filipino applicants they could work as medical staff and care givers in the United Kingdom even on student visas.
The complainants, led by Teresa Cumillas y Casamayor, told the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group’s Anti-Transnational Crimes Division (CIDG-ATCD) that Sargeant and Wood required them to pay between P300,000 to P370,000 for the processing of their applications, their training and related fees, and promised them wages of 5.8 pounds an hour in return.
After months of waiting, the complainants were denied visas by the British embassy, which informed them that there was no student visa program in their country.
They then went to the police, who set up the entrapment operation and arrested the suspects at 7884 Mavenue Bldg., Makati City.
Senior Superintendent Gilbert Sosa, chief of the CIDG-ATCD said the foreigners would be charged with violating the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995.
Source: http://dateline.ph/?p=7800
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