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2 fake police civilian employees arrested in QC

Published May 12, 2023 06:29 am
Operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Quezon City District Anti-Cybercrime Team (QCDACT) have arrested a man and a woman for posing as non-uniformed police personnel (NUP) and soliciting financial assistance allegedly for team-building activities. Police identified the suspects as Editha De Jesus Candelaria, 48, a resident of San Fernando, Pampanga; and Allan Roque Castillano Jr., 47, of Gapan, Nueva Ecija.  They were nabbed in an entrapment operation in Barangay Unang Sigaw, Quezon City at around 7 p.m. on April 24.  Report showed that a police officer sought assistance from the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Novaliches Station (PS 4) on April 23, after he received a message from one Arnold Santos, who introduced himself as a NUP allegedly assigned to the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPI) - Office of the Regional Director, who asked for financial assistance for their team-building. (Photo from Quezon City Police District/ MANILA BULLETIN) 
Col. Jerry Castillo, PS 4 chief, also received a message from the official NCRPO Viber Group informing all the Station Commanders of NCRPO regarding the same concern. The QCDACT and the PS 4 launched the entrapment operation and sent money to the suspects through a GCash remittance. Responding operatives located and arrested the suspects after the two tried to withdraw the money from a  GCash Remittance Store in Barangay Unang Sigaw. Recovered from their possession were  P5,000 and one pink OPPO F1 cellphone. 
The suspects are facing charges for violation of Article 177 (Usurpation of Official Functions) and Article 315 (Swindling) of the Revised Penal Code in relation to Republic Act  10175 (Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012), police said. “Pinapaalalahanan ko ang ating QCitizens na huwag basta magtitiwala sa mga taong ginagamit ang pangalan ng ilang personalidad para lamang makapangloko. Kaagad lamang ipaalam at ireport sa ating kapulisan ang mga ganitong insidente upang agaran namin itong maaksyonan at maiwasan na maulit muli (I remind our QCitizens not to simply trust people who use the name of some personalities just to fool or scam people. Immediately inform and report such incidents to our police so that we take and prevent such incidents from happening again),” QCPD Director Brig. General Torre III said.  GCash urged its users to exercise extra caution when transacting using the platform, to never reveal their mobile banking identification number  (MPIN) or one-time passowrds (OTP), and refrain from clicking on links that lead to external websites or senders they are unfamiliar with.

 



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