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| Ylagan has told investigators she sent the applicant's money to a man she met only online |
This was gathered on Jan 20 from an official of the
Consulate, who said he had spoken last week to the leader of an investigating
team from the Regional Crime Bureau.
Consul Paulo Saret, head of the PCG’s assistance to
nationals section, said police are looking at the possibility that part of the
proceeds from the jobs scam allegedly carried out by Ylagan/Mike’s were
siphoned off to other countries, in particular the Philippines.
Ylagan, 67, was estimated to have collected about $5 million
in placement fees in early 2016 from some 500 applicants for promised jobs in Britain and Canada
Emry’s Employment and Staff Services and Mike’s Secretarial
Services, both owned and controlled by Ylagan, were padlocked by police in
April 2016 when alleged victims of the jobs scam filed complaints against her.
Ylagan went into hiding in the Philippines but was arrested
on June 7, 2018, six months after she returned to Hong Kong in December 2017,
on suspicion of fraud conspiracy and money laundering.
Multiple charges of overcharging job applicants were filed
by the Employment Agency Administration against Ylagan, but these were dropped in
July 2018. The prosecutor said the Justice Department had decided the labour
case might interfere with the ongoing police investigation of the criminal cases
against Ylagan.
Saret said the head of the team investigating the
money-laundering case had told him his team was coordinating with the Interpol
in tracking down the funds, which had reportedly been remitted to several
countries including Malaysia
and Burkina Faso in Africa .
Saret said he had asked the officer why the Emry’s case,
which began four years ago, was still not filed with the Justice Department,
just like the two-year-old PEYA Travel case.
“They (investigating team) said much as they would like to
finish everything, their focus has been affected by the political situation,”
said Saret.
Since June last year, police have been trying to put down
pro-democracy protests that frittered before Christmas but rekindled in recent
weeks.
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