A Filipina who issued fake visas to Filipino dairy farm workers was sentenced to 11 months and two weeks of house arrest in New Zealand, plus, 180 hours of community service.
Loraine Anne Jayme, a resident of Te Aroha, pleaded guilty to 284 immigration fraud charges after the country’s immigration department unraveled her visa scam back in October 2015, where she forged work experience documents and applications of 17 overseas Filipino workers in exchange for money and work, Inquirer News reported.
Loraine, reportedly a dual citizen of the Philippines and New Zealand, charged $2250 (P78,000) for work applications under three fake companies: AJM Farming, Kinvarra Farms and Mathan Farms. Prior to her arrest, employers informed Jayme that the newly-hired Filipino workers lacked enough skills, contrary to what was stated in their resumes.
Jayme was supposedly set to receive a two-year prison sentence in October 2016. The ruling, however, was overturned due to her delicate health and the recent birth of her baby. In December, she gave birth to her daughter Karys, two months before the due date. As a result, Jayme was confined for two months at Waikato Hospital’s intensive care unit.
