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| West Kowloon Court |
A Filipina domestic helper who applied for a loan based on an employment contract that had been terminated, has been meted a suspended sentence of four months imprisonment for fraud.
Isabilita Arellano, 33 years old, received a sentence suspended for three years, since she had paid the loan in full.
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| PINDUTIN PARA SA DETALYE |
This means she wil be free unless she commits another offense
within the three years.
She may have avoided getting jailed, but the record of her conviction
will be a permanents stain on her stay in Hong Kong.
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| See details |
The sentence was handed down by Principal Magistrate Don So Man-lung at West kowloon Court Friday (Feb.
13) on Arellano’s violation of Section 16A of the Theft Ordinance.
The provision prescribes a jail sentence of up to 14 years.
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| PINDUTIN DITO |
Arellano was charged with applying for a loan of $28,000 from
PrimeCredut Limited on Nov. 17, 2024 “by falsely representing to the staff of ‘Prime
Credit Limited’, that at the time of (her) application for a loan of
HK$28,000-HKD, (she) had been employed as a domestic helper with validity
period from 2024-05-09 to 2026-05-09.and your employment contract was still
valid.”
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| Basahin ang detalye! |
The claim induced the staff of PrimeCredit Limited “to commit an act or make an omission, namely, to approve the aforesaid loan
application, resulting in benefit to you, or a prejudice or a substantial risk
of prejudice to the said PrimeCredit Limited,” the charge sheet said.
