A VILLAGE official of Makati City has been detained at the Zamboanga City Reformatory Center (ZCRC) on estafa charges (10 counts) and violation of Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipino Act of 1995.
Detained at ZCRC was Jelyn Baby Olfato also known as Jeline Olfato alias Baby, 53, the incumbent village chief of Pembo, Makati City.
Chief Inspector Helen Galvez, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula information officer, said Olfato was arrested in the village of Pembo and was turned over to local court authorities on Wednesday.
Galvez said Olfato has standing warrant of arrest issued by the court of this city for illegal recruitment and 10-count estafa.
She said illegal recruitment is penalized under Section 6 in relation to Section 7 of Republic Act 8042, otherwise known as the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipino Act of 1995 while estafa under Article 315-2(a) of the Revised Penal Code. (Bong Garcia/VoxPop Philippines)
