My daughter had been looking on the internet for Nanny jobs overseas. We
live in NZ. Rosalie Maronese rang her and said that she would get her a
Nanny job in Los Angeles. This was in mid 2004. All we had to do was pay
$US 3,500 and she would make the necessary applications for a work permit
for the US and a Nanny job. She even spun a story about having a job
lined up with an NBA basketball player and his family in Los Angeles.
As time went on it became obvious that it was a con job and no application
had been lodged with US immigration. We asked for the lodgement number
etc but she always had excuses as to why she couldn't provide it.
Early on Rosalie said she had more jobs available and my daughter got a
friend to make an application and pay the same amount. Same story. No
job and no money. Another $3,500 down the drain.
Rosalie eventually said she would refund the money but that hasn't
happened either. She has obviously told so many lies she has lost track of things.
She rang us the other night to say that she had previously told us that
the application forms are on her web site.
Rosalie has clearly used a lot of different e-mail addresses and she
features on the Jobs Canada web site too.
She is most likely a fraudster. I originally hoped that she was simply a
disorganized, inefficient businesswoman. The Better Business Bureau gives
her company an 'F' rating. They don't come much lower than that.
At the moment I'm trying to see if there are other people who have had the
same experience as we have had. I then thought about reporting it to the
police. Fraud is hard to prove - I should know - I've been a policeman
for 32 years.
Suing civilly is difficult too because it costs money and getting a remedy
is not guaranteed. While I will probably not get my money back I hope I
can help prevent other people from being sucked in.
I think I would be prepared to pay my own way to Canada just to give
evidence against her if the opportunity arose. This woman caused my
daughter to give up her NZ job in expectation of going overseas and not
only did it cost us money but it cost considerably more in terms of grief,
tears and disappointment for her.
In the meantime I'm trying to see if there are sufficient cases to show a
systematic course of conduct. If I can find enough I will contact the
Canadian Police.
I have now seen the Canadian TV article on her and it surprises me that
she seems to have been able to scam so many people for so long.
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