Toronto Police and Filipino Descent

Filipino descent: Police allege GoWest Jobs International which they say recently moved to Burlington recruited more than 500 applicants, many of Filipino descent, from whom it allegedly received in excess of $1.5-million in payments. , according to Hamilton Spectator. Police said immigrant workers from at least six different countries paid the company for necessary "positive documents, references and employment contacts" to be able to work in Canada. An Oakville woman, arrested on fraud charges by Halton police in a Niagara Falls hotel room last month, is facing fraud charges from Toronto police in connection with an alleged $1.5-million employment scam that targeted foreign workers. Toronto police said GoWest had previously been located at 1315 Finch Avenue West, Unit 500, in Toronto. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.