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A Filipina who was arrested in her house and accused of signing as the employer in a fake work contract with another Filipina, pleaded guilty today at Shatin Court to the charge of conspiracy to defraud.
But Almira Chow, 51 years old, did not immediately learn of
her punishment as Acting Principal Magistrate Amy Chan adjourned the case for sentencing on May
21.
In the meantime, Magistrate Chan extended the terms of Chow’s $1,000 bail.
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The police complaint presented by the prosecution alleged that Chow, who
worked as a cleaner earning $11,000 a month, signed the fake contract on a promise
she would be paid $7,000.
But Chow said she received only $2,000 from the transaction, paid to her by
a certain Gina Villareal, who arranged for the processing of the employment visa
of another Filipina, Aprilyn Tupas, after she signed the contract.
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Villareal and another Filipino, Homer Herrera, had promised that she would be paid an additional $5,000 once the visa was approved. But both accused co-conspirators did not reappear, and Tupas never worked for her.
The complaint alleged that between 2021 and Sept. 8, 2023, Chow and the
other three conspired to “defraud the Director of Immigration … and his officers
by dishonetly and falely representing… that Tupas, Aprilyn Tario’s remaining in
Hong Kong was for the purpose of taking up employment…”
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It said their action induced the officers “to act contrary to their public
duty” to grant Tupas permission to remain in Hong Kong, “which they would not
otherwise have granted.”
Under the Crimes Ordinance, the maximum penalty for this offense is
imprisonment for 14 years.
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