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| The Filipina whose status is unclear, was told to return to court if she wants to apply for bail |
Anna A. Cabanban who is in custody, appeared today, Apr 20,
before Magistrate Ivy Chui to face two counts of “obtaining property by
deception”.
Magistrate Chui adjourned the case until Jun 1 when it will
be moved to Eastern Court
The prosecution said that on Jan 7 last year, Cabanban fraudulently
took $14,000 from Lee Hok-bun and another $21,000 four days later from a second
victim, Rupert Nicholas Bickmore.
The charge said that the defendant received the money from
Lee for falsely leasing a vacant flat on 36-38 Connaught Road
Cabanban allegedly used the same modus on Bickmore when she
took his money on Jan 11 last year by pretending to lease to him a vacant flat
on the fifth floor of Man On Commercial Bldg at 12-13 Jubilee St, Central.
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No details were mentioned as to how the Filipina, who holds
a HK ID card issued to a foreign domestic worker, managed to convince the two
men that she had authority to lease the flats to them.
The charge sheet did not mention, either, when Cabanban was
arrested.
Chui did not take a plea from the defendant, and told her to
return to court on Apr 27 if she wished to apply for bail.
