{"id":430283,"date":"2013-06-20T21:47:01","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T13:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=430283"},"modified":"2013-06-20T21:47:01","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T13:47:01","slug":"4-charged-in-scam-on-police-hiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/430283\/4-charged-in-scam-on-police-hiring","title":{"rendered":"4 charged in scam on police hiring"},"content":{"rendered":"
DIGOS CITY\u2014At least four persons, including an employee of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), were charged at the Cotabato City prosecutor\u2019s office with involvement in a police recruitment scam.<\/p>\n\n
The charges are backed by statements from at least a dozen police applicants who said the suspects offered guaranteed hiring in the police force in exchange for money.<\/p>\n\n
Charged with syndicated estafa were Norodin Tilendo, alias Tong, 44, of the ARMM\u2019s Bureau of Public Information; his wife, Marilyn, alias Wewang, 42; and their alleged accomplices – Malou Fuentes, 56, and an alias Sam.<\/p>\n\n
A recruit, Nasserin Endigay, 23, said Marilyn bragged of her and her husband\u2019s connections with the National Police Commission (Napolcom) and media. They charged P50,000 to P65,000 per applicant.<\/p>\n\n
Jayson Dacquel, 19, son of a retired policewoman in Banga, South Cotabato, and his cousin Jonathan Samoy, 18, are also victims. They said their parents paid the Tilendos P125,000.<\/p>\n\n
Norhata Tilendo admitted her parents\u2019 involvement in the scam. Allan Nawal, Inquirer Mindanao<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DIGOS CITY\u2014At least four persons, including an employee of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), were charged at the Cotabato City prosecutor\u2019s office with involvement in a police recruitment scam. The charges are backed by statements from at least a dozen police applicants who said the suspects offered guaranteed hiring in the police force […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,39],"tags":[89,41955,206081],"byline":[],"source":[],"column":[],"editor":[],"videographer":[],"position":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n