For ‘duping’ 3 job seekers, woman charged in court

FOR allegedly offering a non-existent job in Canada to three persons, a woman will face trial in court after the Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office charged her with a large-scale illegal recruitment case.

Prosecutor Ernesto Nardo Jr. found evidence to file the case against Elif Glenna Kirgoz. No bail was recommended.

Kirgoz allegedly pocketed a total of P510,540 from complainants Ephraim Ferandoz, Ritchie Lachica and Jacky Estela.

The complaint was resolved after she failed to submit her counter-affidavit.

Sometime in June 2010, the complainants met with Kirgoz, and the latter allegedly represented herself as the sole proprietor of Mysti- cal Asia Career Development Consultancy.

The accused then told them that she can give them work in Canada and she assured that the processing of their documents will be easy. Lured, Ferandoz paid P198,500; Estela, P165,140; and Lachica, P146,900.

But the complainants were not given work abroad.

Kirgoz later informed them that her company’s name was changed to Puissant Migration and Visa Services Inc. and offered many excuses why the complainants could not yet go to Canada.

After the complainants decided to withdraw their applications and demanded for a refund, the accused issued checks as payment.

The bank, however, did not honor the checks.