Vietnam: Three Filipinos arrested for scamming a Japanese tourist in Ho Chi Minh City

Posted on August 2, 2013 • Filed under: Expatriate Arrested, Tourist Robbed, Tourist Scam, Vietnam

Thanhniennews.com reports that prosecutors in Ho Chi Minh City have ratified fraud charges against three Filipinos for cheating a Japanese tourist out of some US$2,000 and an iPhone4 last year. Oliver Ingao Due, Cavite Nestor Carmesis, both 45, and Tagapan Bartolome Jr Berbasa, 47, have been formally charged with “committing fraud to appropriate others’ property,” said the HCMC People’s Procuracy. Read article

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