BAGUIO CITY – Police recently arrested a 25-year-old alleged female scammer tagged as the Cordillera region’s most wanted person in her hideout in Sitio Tanza, Barangay Poblacion Zone II, Del Gallego, Camarines Sur, on Jan. 12.
The suspect was apprehended on a warrant issued by the Baguio City Regional Trial Court Branch 79.
She is facing charges for violating Republic Act (RA) No. 10175, the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, in conjunction with Section 9(s) of RA No. 8484, or the Access Devices Regulation Act of 1998, as amended by RA No. 11449.
Police said the suspect is the subject of complaints, including fraudulent access to applications, online banking platforms, Automated Teller Machine cards, credit cards, and debit card accounts and violation of Section 4(a) of RA No. 12010, also known as the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (AFASA), which deals with the use, borrowing, selling, or lending of financial accounts for scams, as well as opening accounts under false names or recruiting others to do so.