BY FELIPE CELINO
ROXAS City — The wife of an alleged investment scam head denied that they took the money that some businessmen and well-to-do personalities in Capiz had invested in their company.
Emeelyn Estonillo-Jaime, wife of Julio Jaime, told reporters here that her husband is in the country, trying to settle all their obligations to their clients.
Julio Jaime is the owner of the Pilipinas Productions and Entertainment and the Pilipinas Entrepreneurial Economic Development Corp. (PEEDC).
Emeelyn Jaime acknowledged, though, that estafa cases were filed against her husband.
Emeelyn, a resident of this city, admitted to not paying on time some PEEDC investors. They were short of collections, she said.
But “my husband will all settle his accountabilities. He is just asking for an apology,” she said.
Recently, businessman Doni Oducado, 35, of this city filed syndicated estafa against Jaime before the National Bureau of Investigation’s Anti-Fraud and Action Division.
Oducado said Jaime told him that he will receive a 20–100 percent interest regardless of the amount of investment. He said the terms would be from 30 to 90 days.
Jaime also gave post-dated checks in exchange for the amount invested.
Aside from this, Jaime also gave a document bearing the word “Undertaking” as proof that he received money from him.
The said document, he added, did not state that the amount he gave was an investment to the company.
The documents will be presented to other investors and international partners like the Bank of America, British Airways, Zara, Bulgari, Adidas, Sony and Mattel, among others, Oducado said.
Oducado invested into the PEEDC approximately P3 million to P4 million. He said other investors have put in close to a billion pesos.
