A senior citizen was jailed for allegedly pawning fake land titles to her victims in Cavite. One of her victims, also a grandmother whose stolen money was what she had saved for 10 years.
Emil Sumangil reported on GMA News “24 Oras” on Thursday that the entrapment operation conducted by the Criminal Investigation and Detection and the arrest of 66-year-old Lolita Avila can be seen.
Police point out Avila as the alleged mastermind of the “sangla-tira” modus. She pretends to be a broker looking for a mortgagee for the title of residential property at a low cost.
“Isasangla po nito ang isang property na hindi po kanila, pero lahat po ng dokumento na ipapakita sa buyers at would-be-victims natin ay lahat po ay napeke,” said Police Lieutenant Colonel Benedick Poblete, Provincial Officer ng PNP-CIDG Cavite.
“Noong nakapagbigay po sila ng pera, bigla na pong nawala itong suspek natin at naisanla po sa napakarami pong tao,” Poblete added.
It is here that the plaintiffs against the suspect have flocked, and the authorities expect that this will increase once the case is made public.
According to Poblete, most of the suspect’s victims were “unschooled,” such as seamstresses, traders, housewives, and carpenters.
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One of the victims was Violeta Limroa, 62, who and her husband was collecting goods.
They allegedly gave the suspect the P80,000 they had saved up over 10 years in exchange for a promise that they would have a house.
“Bulag po ‘yung asawa kong nangangalakal, may tatlo akong apong abandoned, may kasama akong anak na panganay na may sakit sa puso kaya ko gustong kumuha ng bahay. Niloko niya ako, binigay ko sa kaniya ‘yung P80,000,” said Limroa, whose husband was blind.
“Sabi ko gusto kong matulog ang mga apo ko sa bahay, hindi sa karton. ‘Yun pala scammer siya,” she added.
The CIDG presented evidence such as documented papers from the National Housing Authority and others.
Estafa and other forms of swindling will be filed against the grandmother, who regrets his actions.
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