Published June 1, 2021, 5:09 PM
National Bureau of Investigation
A Muntinlupa City employee and his alleged accomplice have been arrested by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for reportedly extorting money and swindling a person who was applying for city permits.
NBI Officer-in-Charge Director Eric B. Distor identified the two arrested suspects as Tessie Cortez Alvarez and James Villafranca Magan, an employee of the Office of the City Engineer and Building Official of Muntinlupa City.
The NBI said the suspects were arrested during an entrapment operation conducted last Friday, May 28, by the NBI’s International Airport Investigation Division (NBI-IAID).
Alvarez and Magan have been charged with estafa, a crime under the Revised Penal Code, before the Muntinlupa City Prosecutor’s Office.