By Janine Dumaguin
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said Tuesday, March 28, that it has arrested four individuals engaged in selling fraudulent GCash accounts in a series of operations by the NBI-Cybercrime Division (NBI-CCD).
Suspects Jay Cortez y Orozco, Kevin Mark Maboloc y Yong, and Jeffrey Ilagan y Barraca were arrested at Quezon City, while Jeffrey Miguel y Quimirit was nabbed in Tondo, Manila.
According to the NBI, it received a tip that the suspects are using Facebook accounts for their scamming operations.
The suspects are convincing their victims that the e-wallets have an P100,000 limit and that they can produce up to 100 accounts more.
The NBI transacted with the subjects through undercover Facebook accounts which resulted in the immediate arrest of the four suspects.
They were brought before the Office of the City Prosecutor and were charged for violating Section 9(b) of Republic Act 8484, otherwise known as the Access Devices Regulation Act of 1998. -ag
