A 59-year old woman lost over P2.2 million of her hard-earned money to an online dating app scammer whom she thought to be a Turkish national she wants to spend the rest of her life with. It took another appeal for money after sending over P2.2 million that the victim finally realized that she was...
Anti-cybercrime operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) have arrested two people for selling verified accounts of an electronic wallet application during an entrapment operation in Pasig City. Police Maj. Ely Compuesto II, head of the PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group Eastern District...
What began as a "public service" announcement to warn her Facebook followers of a supposed kidnapping involving a white and a green van ended with a netizen facing a criminal case for spreading fake news. But what prompted the Philippine National Police (PNP) to file a case of violations of Article...
Anti-cybercrime operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested a 31-year old man tagged as an operator of the online sabong (cockfighting) in a follow-up operation in Pasig City on Tuesday, June 21. Online sabong is now illegal after President Duterte ordered the suspension of its...
About 45 Filipinos and a Chinese national allegedly involved in an online money lending scam were apprehended by operatives of the Philippine National Police - Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) in Barangay San Antonio, Pasig City on Saturday, Feb. 12. The PNP-ACG identified one of the suspects as...
Payment to obtain appointment slot for the processing of passport from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is illegal and the Philippine National Police (PNP) said they will run after those who have been doing this, especially those who have been advertising it on social media. PNP chief Gen....
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Monday, Sept. 13, the Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) to step up the campaign against online gun-running activities. photo: Ali Vicoy This, after initial investigation on the operations in Bulacan and Quezon City...
The PNP’s two units – the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and the Anti-Cybercrime Group work together to protect netizens Project E-Sumbong created online platforms, specifically in social media, where netizens can file complaints and ask for police assistance to uncover cyber...
Police have arrested 41 people tagged as involved in cybersex operations, considered as a first salvo of a digital platform it launched against cybercriminals operating in the country. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the arrest came after a series...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has filed a string of criminal charges against three people who were tagged in the alleged selling of coronavirus vaccines and vaccination slot after getting enough evidence based on the joint investigation of its two units. Charged were Cyle Cedric Bonifacio,...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said on Wednesday, May 26, that he is going to use his subpoena power on those involved in the sale of vaccine and vaccination slots in order to expedite the ongoing investigation of the police. This, as investigators...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has identified at least one person as involved in the alleged selling of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine and vaccination slot in Metro Manila. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar said the suspect was identified as one of his alleged supposed...
