A 49-year-old Filipino man was arrested for conspiracy to commit fraud in Central on Hong Kong Island on Wednesday. The case relates to the travel agency he worked for failing to book air-tickets for Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong in December last year.
Police arrested the man, who said to be the manager of Peya Travel Agency, on Connaught Road Central on Wednesday night, Oriental Daily reported.
It is understood that the suspect had recently returned to Hong Kong for the first time since leaving the city late last year, shortly before police sought arrests over a fraud involving air tickets for 645 Filipino domestic workers. The victims of the alleged fraud had paid the travel agency approximately HK$2 million (US$255,943) for air tickets that they never received, which meant they were unable to return home to the Philippines for Christmas and New Year.
Police arrested the owners of the travel agency, Peter Boyce and his wife Rhea Donna Boyce last year.
The travel agency is also reportedly in debt to a businessman for HK$3 million. The debt, for air tickets purchased, has been outstanding since May of last year.
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kabayan..salamat nmn at nagbalik ka p…question is..ngbalik k b pra harapin ang kaso mo?o nagba sakali k lng na mkalusot ka….e di lagot ka..ala ka na kawala…dmi nu naloko ey..
filipino ba?
Pinoy sya
arnold gorospe name nya
Piya travel manager
Really?i wish it will bounce back to you
That’s good you must pay your offense, fake tickets…
Isa ako sa napeke ng air ticket at umaasa kami one day magbabayad sila sa ginawa nila samin… Madami silang naloko… At ang pera na nakuha nila ay pagod at hirap namin makauwi lang sa panahon ng pasko at bagong taon!!!
Hay, Arnold, bawat kasi pasukan mong business o trabaho ganyan ka. Pero dito dika na makakalusot. Kakahiya ka!
Ay salamat bumalik ka ng hongkong
Pls. ebalik nyo yung pera namin..
Yup
Pano namin maiirefund Ang pera namin…please kailangan ko lang
i hope maibalik pa ang naibayad namin s kanila..bankrupt n pala sila tumanggap pa sila ng tumanggap ng booking..aside from arnold may isa pang lalaking mataas ang pwesto dyan s peya ang dapat i question kc sya ang nakita kong naglilikom ng pera nung pumunta ako s peya 2 days before nagkagulo n s booking