The camp of former House Speaker Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez has slammed Franco Mabanta for "twisting the narrative" of his own arrest, which resulted from the alleged extortion of P350 million. Lawyer Elaine Atienza, Romualdez 's spokesperson, rejected the Peanut Gallery Media...
Social media personality Franco Mabanta got arrested Tuesday night, May 6, by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for allegedly extorting P300 million from congressman Martin Romualdez. But who is he? Mabanta is known in the vlogger community as a supporter and one of the key players in the...
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Malacañang said those involved in any wrongdoing must be held accountable following the arrest of social media personality Franco Mabanta and four others in an alleged extortion case linked to former House Speaker Martin Romualdez. In a press briefing here, Presidential...
The arrest of social media personality Franco Mabanta has nothing to do either with the freedom of the press or the freedom of expression, but more of using those freedoms to illegally gain money, a top official of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said on Wednesday, May 6. In the case of...
A woman allegedly involved in an online extortion and robbery scheme was arrested after reportedly demanding P2 million and threatening a foreign national in Manila on Friday, March 20. The suspect was arrested in an entrapment operation conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP) Cyber...
An Italian senior citizen was arrested by the police for attempting to extort money from a 28-year-old businessman in Barangay San Antonio, Makati City, on Thursday, March 12. The Makati City Police identified the suspect as alias "Claudio," 74. The police said Claudio attempted to extort P80,000...
Makati City Mayor Nancy Binay cautioned the public to be wary of fake social media pages posing as the city government and its offices for illegal practices on Monday, Feb. 23. Binay made the statement following reports of a fraudulent scheme in which individuals use her name or the city...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – The Police Regional Office 4-A has disarmed 10 policemen who allegedly illegally arrested and extorted money from a working student in Angono, Rizal. PRO 4-A chief Police Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas said they were placed under restrictive custody at the Administrative...
The Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) on Tuesday, Feb. 10, said that 10 personnel of the Angono Police Station have been placed under administrative relief and disarmed for their alleged involvement in a fake drug arrest and extortion of a criminology student. The National Police...
CALASIAO, Pangasinan – Police arrested an employee of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau for alleged extortion in an entrapment operation in a gasoline station on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 24, in Barangay Ugad, Cabagan, Isabela. The suspect was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation-9 arrested a 20-year-old woman during an entrapment operation here on Friday, Nov. 21, for allegedly extorting P100,000 from a Philippine Coast Guard personnel. The suspect was identified as Balquis Aidarus Alih, alias Bai. She was...
A Chinese electrician was rescued from his captors after a simple fistfight turned into a possible case of robbery-extortion in Barangay Dolores, Taytay, Rizal, on Wednesday, Oct. 8, the Taytay Municipal Police reported. Based on the police report, Barangay Dolores officials first received a noise...
