An organisation arranging people from the Philippines to work illegally as maids in Hong Kong by using bogus foreign domestic helper contracts have been revealed, Immigration Department announced on Tuesday.
The syndicate operated by looking for domestic helpers to work in Hong Kong, charging each person between HK$20,000-HK$40,000 but preparing fake documents to apply for their working visas.
"More than 50 people involved were apprehended and charged with conspiracy to defraud and to commit money laundering, making false representation, and illegal transfer of HKID". "Two key members among them are Filipino", Immigration reported.
The police revealed that the group disguised itself by using housing units as their domain to prevent being discovered. They use dubious visa-related processing materials such as originals and copies of forged bank statements and foreign domestic helper contracts.
The police investigation said that they believed the group has been in operation for 6 months and in suspicious of making more than HK$1.2 million in the crime operations.
因實施家庭傭工簽證詐騙而被捕的 50 多人中，有兩名菲律賓人是主要成員
入境處週二宣布，一個利用虛假外籍家庭傭工合同安排菲律賓人來港非法擔任女傭的組織被揭露。
該集團以尋找家庭傭工來港工作為目的，收取每人2萬至4萬港元之間的費用，並準備虛假文件申請工作簽證。
“超過50名涉案人士被捕，並被控串謀詐騙、洗錢、虛假陳述和非法轉讓香港身份證”。 據移民局報導， “其中兩名主要成員是菲律賓人”。
警方透露，該組織利用住宅單位作為活動範圍來偽裝自己，以免被發現。 他們使用可疑的簽證相關處理材料，例如偽造的銀行結單和外籍家庭傭工合同的正本和副本。
警方調查表示，相信該團伙已運作6個月，涉嫌進行犯罪活動賺取超過120萬港元。
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