Help 2 Pinoys Facing Fraud Raps, DFA Urged

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is being asked to help two Filipino businessmen who have been arrested and allegedly wrongly charged with fraud in the United States.

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Lawyer Oliver Baclay Jr. said his clients—Innocentrix president and chief executive Michael Cris Traya Sordilla and Bryan Navales Tarosa—were arrested last Dec. 9 in San Diego, California.

"We are appealing to the DFA, in particular to the consulate in Los Angeles which has jurisdiction over San Diego, to look into their case. Even a short visit to the detention facility, to talk with Michael and Bryan will do. Things can start from there," he said.

Baclay said it was likely that the DFA might still be unaware of his clients' plight, adding that the agency could be busy looking into the cases involving other Filipinos who have been detained under the Trump administration's new immigration policies.