MANILA, Philippines — Two Filipino event coordinators  filed a joint complaint-affidavit before the Department of Justice (DOJ)-Office of the City Prosecutor in Tagaytay City accusing several foreigners, including a London-based Italian, of illegal recruitment and estafa. The complaint, filed by Sheryl Lopez and John Michael Umali, named Italian Adel En Nouri and several others as respondents. It came just days after similar charges were leveled against En Nouri in Batangas, bringing to seven the total number of criminal complaints lodged against him. In their seven-page affidavit dated Feb. 27, 2026, Lopez and Umali alleged that they were recruited by respondents with promises of high-paying jobs in Singapore, only to be detained, intimidated, and defrauded of significant amounts of money. The complainants said they first met the local respondents—Clarence Co Quilop, Brian James De Jesus So, Micheangelo Tang Co, Jacqueline Sio, and Krizzria Ann Geronda Loyang—at an event at Balay Dako in Tagaytay City. The group allegedly represented themselves as personnel of Tamber International Placement Agency and offered overseas employment. The complainants stated that on Dec. 1, 2024, and again on Dec. 7, 2024, the respondents assured them of jobs in Singapore with a monthly salary of SGD 2,000. During a meeting on Dec. 12, the suspects allegedly demanded P100,000 from each complainant as placement fee, which they paid and were issued acknowledgment receipts. On Dec. 14, the complainants were instructed to proceed to a coffee shop in Tagaytay and were told to bring personal belongings for a five-day orientation. Upon arrival, their mobile phones were confiscated and they were allegedly prohibited from leaving the premises. They were subjected to an orientation via video call by En Nouri and Narwani Ricky Ravin. The complainants further claimed that Ravin, acting under En Nouri's instructions, threatened them with document destruction and blacklisting if they failed to comply. They were also allegedly pressured by two other foreigners—Prerna Giani and Nisha Deepak Khelmani—to sign blank employment forms. On the morning of Dec. 20, the complainants escaped when they noticed the main door unguarded and immediately sought assistance from authorities. Previous Cases Mounting The complaint against En Nouri and his alleged cohorts is the latest in a series of criminal cases filed against the Italian. Last week, two female victims from Batangas—Samantha Corpuz and Fatima de Vera—filed a separate complaint before the Office of the City Prosecutor in Santo Tomas City, accusing En Nouri and seven others of large-scale illegal recruitment and estafa over bogus caregiver jobs in Canada and the United Arab Emirates. In that complaint, Corpuz and de Vera alleged they were persuaded to pay P120,000 each for supposed immediate processing and deployment, only to discover that the respondents were not licensed to recruit workers for overseas employment. The Manila Times reported that En Nouri has been the subject of multiple criminal complaints for his alleged involvement in fraudulent recruitment schemes. As of November 2025, he reportedly faced at least five criminal cases in various Philippine courts, including in Bacoor City and Tanauan City. With the addition of the Batangas and Tagaytay complaints, the Italian now faces a total of seven criminal complaints filed by Filipino jobseekers accusing him and his associates of illegal recruitment, serious illegal detention, and estafa. A verification with the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) attached to the Tagaytay complaint confirmed that Tamber International Placement Agency was not licensed or authorized to recruit workers for overseas employment. The complainants are now seeking the filing of criminal charges for Illegal Recruitment in Large Scale under Sections 5 and 6 of Republic Act 8042 (as amended by RA 10022), and for Estafa under Article 315 of the Revised Penal Code. The case is undergoing preliminary investigation before the Office of the City Prosecutor in Tagaytay City.