Three men accused of swindling K12,000 from elderly woman

THREE men appeared before the Lae Committal Court accused of defrauding a woman of more than K12,000 between March and June.
Appearing before magistrate Tera Dawai, Nelson Arang, 28, Felix Abenm, 43, and Lanes Abel, 25, all from Geraon village in Kabwum, Morobe, were facing charges of false pretence (with intent to defraud) and cheating.
Magistrate Dawai explained the committal process to the men.
Police reports indicated that between March 1 and June 30, the men allegedly pretended to be employees of Oil Search Ltd obtained K12,220 from Logina Issac Kain.
Kain was an elderly woman and a villager who was allegedly tricked by the men into buying registration fees for life insurance with Trans Pacific Assurance Australia Ltd.
Several deposits were made by Kain into different bank accounts – Befeke Ifing account number 7092391590, Nelson Arang account number 7011462913 and Freda Morgan account number 100140881.
There were other expenses such as bus fares, printing and scanning fees and mobile flex card fees were covered by the victim when request was made by the accused men.
Police arrested and charged the men after a complaint was lodged.
The case was scheduled to return to court today.