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Two Filipinas who had earlier pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud for booking tennis courts on behalf of other people, were jailed today while their co-accused is set to be tried at Shatin Court after pleading not guilty to the allegation.
Helen Habungan, 43 years old, and Ammar Mendoza, 65 years
old, both pleaded guilty last March 15.
Habungan was today jailed for six months by Acting Principal
Magistrate Cheang Kei-hong. She admitted to conspiring with a certain Joseph Mosqueda in
getting permission from the director of Leisure and Culture Services and his
officers to use public tennis courts “under circumstances which they would not
otherwise have granted.”
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The offense lasted between Sept. 26 2023 and July 14, 2024.
Mendoza was jailed for four months after she admitted
conspiring with a certain Graeme Foster between Sept. 27 2023 and June 12, 2024
by “dishonestly and falsely misrepresenting that you hired the tennis courts…”
However, prosecutors withdrew a second charge filed against
her, which was for breach of condition of stay, for allegedly doing work other than that of a
domestic helper.
The third Filipina accused of conspiracy to defraud -- Dolly
Gay Manaligod, aged 32 -- pleaded not guilty, prompting Magistrate Cheang to
schedule a pre-trial review for June 30 and trial for July 8.
Manaligod is accused of conspiring with a certain Lucas
Miguel Caceres, for whom she allegedly booked tennis courts, from Sept. 27 2023 to
June 21, 2024.
She was released on $500 bail.
