The Department of Justice found probable reason to charge four individuals over the massive online banking fraud that affected more than 700 clients of BDO Unibank Inc.
(File photo) MANILA - Prosecutors have filed criminal charges against four suspects arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) over the hacking of hundreds of accounts of BDO Unibank Inc. (BDO) clients in December last year. In a message to reporters Wednesday, Justice Undersecretary and spokesperson Emmeline Aglipay-Villar said the four Jherom Anthony Taupa, Nigerian national Ifesinachi Fountain Anaekwe, Ronelyn Panaligan alias 'Luka Hanabi', and Clay Revillosa alias 'X-men' have been charged with violations of Republic Act 8484 or the Access Devices Regulation Act of 1998 and RA 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. A similar complaint against a second Nigerian national, Chukwuemeka Peter Nwadi, was recommended for further investigation, she added. The cases were filed by the NBI - Cybercrime Division (NBI-CCD) in connection with several entrapment operations conducted on January 20 and 22 against the individuals who were allegedly behind the
THE Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday that it has indicted four of the five individuals who were earlier arrested for being part of the “Mark Nagoyo Heist Group” allegedly behind the hacking of the country’s largest bank, BDO, which affected more than 700 customers late last year. Charged…