DMW guard arrested for alleged attempt to scam OFWs

 

The security guard was arrested on the spot

A security guard was arrested earlier today right inside the Department of Migrant Workers office building in Mandaluyong City after two would-be overseas Filipino workers complained that the suspect had tried to fleece P35,000 from each of them.

Wenceslao O. Villagracia was arrested in an entrapment operation led by the Migrant Workers Protection Bureau and Mandaluyong City police inside the OWWA PDOS (Overseas Workers Welfare Administration’s Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar) room on the second floor of the DMW building.

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Two female complainants from Calaca, Batangas who are both direct hire applicants for domestic work in Bahrain reported that Villagracia had demanded that they each pay Php35,000 to him so the release of their OWWA PDOS could be expedited.\

Villagracia faces charges of  estafa and “fixing” under sec 21 (h) of the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018 (RA 11032).

Some scammers pretend to be DMW employees

Earlier, the DMW also warned the public against transacting with people who claim to work for the Department, usually through email or SMS, if the message did not come from the official DMW account.

Anyone who receives such suspicious messages or solicitation should verify the source, or report ito directly to airtipinfo@dmw.gov.ph or on the official Facebook pag, DMW Anti-Illegal Recruitment and Trafficking in Persons Program.

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