BORACAY — Authorities recently arrested a swindler for posing as a representative of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).
Jenny Mobo, 33, of Kalibo, Aklan, was earlier convicted for swindling and estafa and was detained in the Aklan Rehabilitation Center (ARC).
Police said he was released at an earlier time for being helpful in the affairs of the ARC when he was serving his sentence.
But he struck again, this time by claiming as someone sent by the BIR Regional Office to make reservations at Jony’s Beach Resort.
The police carried out the arrest after the resort staff identified Mobo through a video recorded through a closed-circuit television camera.
PO1 Ryan Panadero of the Boracay police said Mobo ordered food and drinks and had a room reserved for himself.
Mobo said the BIR will pay his bills when the team arrives the next day, said Panadero.
Because he “spoke with kind words,” Mobo was accommodated by the resort staff, reported the policemen from Kalibo and Boracay.
While in the resort, Mobo also lured a manicurist to let him borrow P500, police said.
The next day, Mobo asked a resort personnel to drive him to the port to welcome the BIR team.
However, along the way, he asked the driver to drop him at a bank. He ran away with the driver’s mobile phone, said the police.
According to the BIR, they are bent on filing charges against Mobo for misrepresenting the bureau, said Panadero./
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