The 705th Provincial Mobile Group in Negros Oriental recently arrested a Negrense married to a Canadian national believed to be involved in large scale illegal recruitment activities in the country.

Veronica Crone, 38, who hails from Bayawan City, Negros Oriental, was arrested by the team led by Chief Insp. Julius Muñez and Sr. Insp. Errol Garchitorena.

Crone and Rey Denmark de Vera are facing three counts of estafa under the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines and illegal recruitment in large scale.

Regional Trial Court Branch 272 in the National Capital Region did not allow the suspects to post a bail bond.

Crone is now detained at Camp Francisco Fernandez in Agan-an, Sibulan town, Negros Oriental.*JG

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