WITH more than a million as a bail bond, a young woman might spend her entire life in jail for multiple charges of large-scale estafa she is facing in court.

Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (Cocpo) Deputy Director for Administration (CDDA) Surki Sereña, identified the suspect as Jelie Rose Oredimo, 24, unemployed and residing at Zone 1, Barangay New Basak, Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur.

She is also the number 1 most wanted person in the region. Three other companions of Oredimo are still at large.

Oredimo was arrested by joint elements from Dumingag Municipal Police Station led by Police Major Mark Jerome Nebria and Cocpo’s Police Station 4 headed by Police Major Mario Nalla, Jr. on February 3 at the said Barangay.

According to Nalla, the suspect has been wanted by law since last year and authorities had a hard time arresting her for she was hiding in a place that is hard to penetrate.

Cocpo Deputy Director for Operation Philip Pontillas, said Oredimo is facing 33 counts of estafa cases that make her be on top among the most wanted persons in the Philippine National Police (PNP) wanted list.

Judge Evelyn Nery of the Regional Trial Court-Branch 20, Misamis Oriental issued a warrant of arrest against the suspect and recommended her to put a bail bond totaling P1,224,000 for all the counts of cases.

In an interview with Oredimo, she admitted she was into a “double-your-money scheme.” She identified a certain Justin Mangle, an American as their financier.

“Ako ang moatubang sa mga tawo nga gusto mo invest. Pag naa nay kwarta iremit nako kang Justin,” Oredimo said.

She said she had been working with Mangle for only more than a month.

She also said for several times she handed over big sums of money to Mangle such as P30,000, P50,000, up to a million pesos from the different people they have convinced to join.

The problem occurred when some of the investors began to complain as they did not receive the interest of their invested money anymore. Some have already threatened to file a case against her.

She said she begged Mangle to pay them of which the latter agreed to hand her P3 million cash.

Unluckily, such amount Oredimo said, still was not enough to pay all of the investors resulting in them pursuing the complaints at the National Bureau of Investigation.

Sereñas said he had learned that many more complainants would come forward and also lodge their complaints against the suspect.

When asked if Mangle was also charged, Nalla replied he did not see the former’s name in the complaint documents.

“Tungod siguro kay si Jelie Rose (Oredimo) ra man ang front. Siya ang gadawat sa mga kwarta ug siya pud ang gahatag sa payouts busa siya ra gyud ang naigo ani, ug kadtong laing tulo niya ka kauban,” Nalla said.

Sereñas said Oredimo’s supposed financial business is not registered to Security and Exchange Commission and to the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

Meanwhile, the suspect is temporarily detained at the Maharlika mini-detention center pending her commitment in court.