2 Filipino Women Swindled Money

[Pattaya Daily News]

Police have arrested 2 Filipino women who claimed that they were collecting money for the victims of the recent Haiyan Typhoon. The police suspected that there might be thousands of people cheated.

UDONTHANI – November 22, 2013 [PDN]; The immigration police of Udonthani province made a statement about arresting Ms. Minerva Makapili Bedana, aged 32 and Ms. Juana Espelita Hoyos, aged 23,who are Filipino, together with the exhibits of 2,070 THB and fake official cards of JC Society Foundation.

Pol. Lt. Col. Jetsada Yarngnork (Inspector of Udonthani Immigration Bureau) revealed that previously the officers were informed by JC Society Foundation indicating that there were using the name of foundation to solicit contribution in various tourist attractions in the eastern part of Thailand. The suspects were the 2 female foreigners who looked to the Thai people and they played guitar claiming that the money raised would go the the orphans or the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in Philippines.

From initial investigation, the officers perceived that the 2 defendants used to work at a church in Manila as missionaries; they then used fake information to raise money to assist the orphans. They came to Thailand in March 2013. They played musical instruments to solicit money in Bangkok then went to other tourist attractions in other provinces and would stay for 2 months at a time because they entered Thailand on tourist visas.

The defendants also confessed that they had come back to Thailand again at the beginning of November, 2013 and due to Philippines Typhoon they took this opportunity to solicit money from Thai people and foreign tourists totalling many hundreds of thousands THB. Now the police are inspecting international money transferring and are investigating it further.

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[enterprise]

Happens in Pattaya, Thai's come up to you with a piece of paper saying they are collecting for some charity.

 

  Maybe its just me but i think they are all scam artists.

[Pattsguy]

I never give to those people on the streets who claim to represent some charity.

[jaiyen]

There are many recognized organisation, local or international.

 

Never give to organisaiton you dont know.

 

Red cross is one of the best. In Canada there administratives cost or quite low (around 10% for foundraising).

 

And actualy the Canadian government will equal any donation made for the Phillippine disaster until December 9th (not sure about the date).

 

A good punishment for them would be to send them back in a devastated zone in Phillipine and tell the locals what they have done! after that, if something remains of them let them work a little for the injured.

 

Sorry for the rudness of my suggestion. Not very compasionnate! Do we have to tolerate the untolerable? They were too gready, after doing the scam for a long time there comes the disaster with the promise to make even more money! They could not stop. Even stealers should have some moral. There has to be a limit even in crime.