Pinay babysitter charged for stealing P6M from employer in UAE –report
A Filipina babysitter in the United Arab Emirates has been charged for stealing some P6 million in valuables from her American sponsor last year.
Prosecutors charged the Filipina of stealing a painting worth Dh200,000 and other items worth Dh300,000, according to a report on UAE news site Gulf News on Sunday.
But the Filipina, described in prosecution records as a runway, did not show up at the Dubai Court of First Instance on Sunday, where she was to enter a plea.
Despite her absence, Presiding Judge Mohammad Jamal is expected to hand a ruling in absentia against her on March 17.
On the other hand, the babysitter's sister and the sister's boyfriend stood trial before the Dubai Misdemeanors Court for their alleged involvement in the theft.
Discovery
The theft was discovered by a Filipina housemaid, who noted the babysitter was stealing children’s clothes and games and other valuables from the sponsor’s house in September.
Prosecution records showed that when the American sponsor confronted the babysitter, she said she took the children’s clothes and games and other items, and gave them to poor children in the Philippines.
"When I confronted her, at first she denied… but then she admitted that she had sent clothes and games to impoverished children in her homeland. Later I called up my family in the US to ask them if they had received the children’s clothes that I had sent them… I was told that they had not arrived," the American sponsor testified to prosecutors.
The American sponsor canceled the babysitter’s visa and sent her back to her recruitment agency.
However, the American eventually found the babysitter also allegedly stole valuables worth more than Dh300,000 while she worked for her between 2010 and 2014.
The stolen items included a painting worth Dh200,000.
Testimony
The American sponsor told prosecutors the Filipina maid had sent her photos on WhatsApp of the items the babysitter took.
She said the Filipina maid discovered children’s games and clothes and other items hidden in the babysitter's bedroom.
When the American sponsor entered the bedroom, she found the stolen items hidden in the cupboard.
"I checked my belongings and I discovered that she had stolen a valuable painting, blankets, rugs, bedcovers, gold, jewellery, clothes, accessories, and other items,” she told prosecutors.
Meanwhile, closed-circuit television equipment in the American’s house showed the babysitter, her sister, and the sister's boyfriend, may be involved in the theft. —Joel Locsin/KBK, GMA News
Prosecutors charged the Filipina of stealing a painting worth Dh200,000 and other items worth Dh300,000, according to a report on UAE news site Gulf News on Sunday.
But the Filipina, described in prosecution records as a runway, did not show up at the Dubai Court of First Instance on Sunday, where she was to enter a plea.
Despite her absence, Presiding Judge Mohammad Jamal is expected to hand a ruling in absentia against her on March 17.
On the other hand, the babysitter's sister and the sister's boyfriend stood trial before the Dubai Misdemeanors Court for their alleged involvement in the theft.
Discovery
The theft was discovered by a Filipina housemaid, who noted the babysitter was stealing children’s clothes and games and other valuables from the sponsor’s house in September.
Prosecution records showed that when the American sponsor confronted the babysitter, she said she took the children’s clothes and games and other items, and gave them to poor children in the Philippines.
"When I confronted her, at first she denied… but then she admitted that she had sent clothes and games to impoverished children in her homeland. Later I called up my family in the US to ask them if they had received the children’s clothes that I had sent them… I was told that they had not arrived," the American sponsor testified to prosecutors.
The American sponsor canceled the babysitter’s visa and sent her back to her recruitment agency.
However, the American eventually found the babysitter also allegedly stole valuables worth more than Dh300,000 while she worked for her between 2010 and 2014.
The stolen items included a painting worth Dh200,000.
Testimony
The American sponsor told prosecutors the Filipina maid had sent her photos on WhatsApp of the items the babysitter took.
She said the Filipina maid discovered children’s games and clothes and other items hidden in the babysitter's bedroom.
When the American sponsor entered the bedroom, she found the stolen items hidden in the cupboard.
"I checked my belongings and I discovered that she had stolen a valuable painting, blankets, rugs, bedcovers, gold, jewellery, clothes, accessories, and other items,” she told prosecutors.
Meanwhile, closed-circuit television equipment in the American’s house showed the babysitter, her sister, and the sister's boyfriend, may be involved in the theft. —Joel Locsin/KBK, GMA News
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