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OFW duped of P300k savings by 'friendly OFW'


An overseas Filipino worker lost P300,000 she earned to a woman who introduced herself as an OFW from Singapore, Jamie Santos reported on Saksi.

Germelie Martin arrived from Hong Kong last Sunday met the suspect, Juvy Zamora, at the NAIA Terminal 3.

Martin, who began to trust Zamora, related that the suspect was able to convince her to withdraw her money.

Then Zamora urged Martin to go to the comfort room to change her clothes.

"Magpalit daw ako ng damit kasi galing daw akong abroad. Alam mo na, maraming sakit-sakit na dumidikit-dikit. 'Yun pala isa siyang malaking sakit," Martin related.

After changing her clothes, Martin looked for the suspect and couldn't find her anymore. And with her disappearance was Martin's savings of P300,000.

Martin reported the incident, and after a follow up operation, the police arrested the suspect in her house in San Jose del Monte in Bulacan.

Airport police Senior Inspector Nemencio Bawalan said, "Last April 2012, nu'ng una siyang nahuli na ang ginawa niya same modus operandi."

So, on the first time they met again after the incident, Martin was so furious that she slapped and pulled the hair of the suspect.

"Paano mo maibabalik 'yung pera ko, Te? Ate? 'Wag kang uubo-ubo," Martin shouted.

"Gagawa ako ng paraan. Hindi ko iuurong 'to ha! Ano, Te?" she added.

The suspect apologized and said she could not return the money because she already used it to buy grocery items and to pay her debts.

"Hintayin ko na lang po kung ano 'yung ano po ng court. Nandun naman na po 'yung kaso," said Zamora.

The police was able to recover the bag of the victim that contained cash worth P65,000 abd jewelry that could have been stolen from another OFW.

The suspect is facing complaints of theft, disobedience and resisting arrest. — BAP, GMA News

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