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| The building in which theft took place (Google Maps photo) |
A 48-year-old jobless Filipina is now in jail to await the outcome of seven criminal cases filed against her at Kowloon City Court, that arose after she allegedly stole a mobile phone, a Rolex watch and a wallet from a Chinese man in a hotel room in Yau Ma Tei.
In a hearing on Wednesday (May 21), Magistrate Tsang Chung-yiu
remanded Mylene Navarro in jail after adjourning the case to June 24.
In information filed last Dec. 18, 2024, Yau Ma Tei Police
alleged that Navarro took the three items, worth about $96,095.50 and owned by a
certain Lau Chun-ho, from in a room in Rainbow City Inn on Pitt St. in Yau Ma
Tei on Nov. 23 last year.
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The wallet contained, among other things, five credit cards that
would lead her to allegedly commit six “obtaining property by deception”
offenses by using them on a one-day shopping spree. These offenses are punishable under the Theft Ordinance,
Shortly after stealing the wallet, the police alleged, Navarro
went to a Circle K store on Jordan Road and charged $1,206 worth of products to
Lau’s Standard Chartered Bank Mastercard.
She then went to a Seven-11 store on Bowring Street and ran
up a bill for $2,292.50 which she charged to the same credit card.
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Navarro shifted to using Lau’s HSBC Mastercard when she bought
$227 worth of items at another Seven-11 shop at the MTR Prince Edward station.
She used the same credit card in buying $204 worth of
products at a Seven-11 store on Jordan Road.
Navarro shifted back to using the Standard Chartered credit
card in paying $138 for a meal at a McDonald’s restaurant on Yen Chow St. in
Sham Shui Po.
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Finally she went shopping for groceries at a Wellcome Store
on Lai Chi Kok Road in Mong Kok, running up a bill for $2,214 which she charged
to Lau’s American Express card.
By the time she was arrested by police, Navarro had not used the two remaining credit cards in the stolen wallet – a Hang Seng Bank Mastercard and a Hang Seng Card Union Pay card.
