Operatives of the Eastern Division of the Anti-Cybercrime Team (EDACT) arrested on Saturday, Aug. 27, a man who allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl and blackmailed her if she refused to meet him for sex for the second time.
The EDACT identified the suspect as Junellee Talisag De Guzman.
The ident
MANILA - Members of the Philippine National Police's Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) arrested seven alleged scammers preying on jobseekers searching for opportunities online. In a statement Wednesday, ACG chief Brig. Gen. Joel Doria said the suspects Kimberly Santillan, 43; Rosalie Verceles, 53; Lailani Bregoli, 25; Mary Jane Cuevas, 24; Zenaida Navarro, 47; Mary Jane Reyes, 46; and Simone Louise Austria, 21 were arrested inside a building along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue corner Taft Avenue, Barangay 146, Pasay City on Tuesday afternoon. Investigation showed that the suspects created a bogus Facebook page of a legitimate employment agency to defraud jobseekers. After the creation of the fake Facebook page, the suspects shared the page across all other group chats that offer job opportunities. "The modus of these scammers is to make the unsuspecting victims believe that there is indeed a job opportunity waiting for successful applicants through the creation of a fake Facebook Pa
(Photos courtesy of ACG) MANILA - Anti-cybercrime police officers arrested two siblings allegedly involved in the online sale of used and defective items in Pasig City. In a statement on Friday, Brig. Gen. Joel Doria, chief of the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) identified the suspects as Jesty Benito, 32, and his brother Jester, 20, who were arrested by members of the Eastern District Anti-Cybercrime Team (EDACT) and the Pasig City Police Sub-Station 2 in Barangay Sagad. The operation stemmed from the complaint of a victim identified as "Mika" who said that on August 17, she transacted with a certain Juzto Oteneb on Facebook Marketplace for the purchase of a computer video card (4GB DDR5). Conversation between the victim and the suspect led to an agreement that the item would be delivered to the victim via courier service and that the item, worth PHP4,500, would be paid via mobile wallet G-Cash. When the item was delivered, "Mika" found o
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A 27-year-old man who threatened to release his 17-year-old chat mate’s nude photos if she refused to meet and have sex with him was nabbed in an entrapment operation on Tuesday, Aug. 9, in Pasig City.
In a police report submitted to Col. Roman Arugay, chief of police of the Pasig CPS, the suspect