00:00Two alleged scammers flee the United Arab Emirates after pocketing 3.6 million UAE dirham
00:05or 61.7 million pesos from around 400 overseas Filipino workers. The case could be the UAE's
00:12largest visa fraud case in recent years. The alleged suspects Juni Sorzano and Ryan Ronel
00:18Bajo left the UAE during the first week of September and are now reportedly hiding in
00:22the Philippines. Sorzano was a Dubai-based content creator for over a decade. An undetermined number
00:28of victims still in the Philippines have also organized to seek help from authorities.
00:33Sorzano serves as the CEO and founder of TripExpert Business and Marketing Solutions
00:37which opened on May 15, 2025 while Bajo operates as the managing director. The firm offered
00:43quote legitimate and legal freelance visa packages priced at 9,000 AED or 154,500 pesos per applicant.
00:51The packages bypassed standard Philippine government safeguards including contract
00:56verifications by the Migrant Workers Office, the Overseas Employment Certificate as well
01:00as the UAE-Prescribed Electronic Salary Transfer System.
