Eight policemen from the Eastern Police District (EPD) were relieved from their duties after trying to extort money from two Chinese nationals during an unauthorized police operation in Barangay Almanza Dos, Las Piñas City on April 2, EPD director Brig. Gen. Villamor Tuliao said on Friday, April...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – A police officer was arrested for alleged extortion in Barangay Real, this city, on Tuesday evening, Feb. 18. The Calamba police identified the suspect as Wilmar, with the rank of police master sergeant, assigned to the Tanauan City Police Station and a resident here....
A 26-year-old woman was arrested in Marikina City for extorting and threatening her aunt’s life, with the victim unaware that the suspect was her niece. The Philippine National Police-Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) arrests a woman for grave threat and extortion in Marikina. (Photo from PNP-ACG)...
CEBU CITY – An official of the Cebu City Fire Station (CCFS) was arrested for allegedly extorting money from an applicant. BFP-7 headquarters in Cebu City. (FB) The National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) arrested Fire Insp. Roy Mat Castro in an entrapment operation inside...
CEBU CITY – Two persons were arrested after they allegedly demanded money from a woman in exchange for deleting the victim’s sex videos. TWO men were arrested in Cebu City on Tuesday for allegedly blackmailing a woman over her sex videos. (Photo via Calvin Cordova) Jaime Lisondra Ferrer...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A Philippine Coast Guard personnel was arrested for allegedly extorting money from an applicant on Thursday, May 30. Police identified the suspect as Coast Guard Petty Officer 3 Ibrahim Harad Banota, 33, a resident of Barangay San Jose Gusu and assigned to Tawi-Tawi....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Police Regional Office-9 has ordered the investigation of four Zamboanga Peninsula policemen for allegedly extorting from a businessman from Pagadian City. MASAUDING Businessman Rey Palma Libre, 39, and two of his workers were heading toward the Zamboanga City proper at...
One of the suspects who was arrested by CIDG operatives for namedropping First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos in their extortion activities. (photo: CIDG) They thought it would be a jackpot day—an easy P5 million— until they were shown police badges and guns. Three people, who were...
BUTUAN CITY – The 29th Infantry Battalion foiled an extortion attempt by the New People’s Army in Barangay Del Pilar, Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte on Tuesday, March 12. Lt. Col. Cresencio Gargar, 29th IB commanding officer, said they received information from residents regarding the...
BACOLOD CITY – Two building inspectors assigned to the Office of the Building Official (OBO) here were suspended for 60 days for alleged extortion. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) In a press briefing on Monday, February 12, City Legal Officer Romeo Carlos Ting Jr. said these two building inspectors...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Friday, Dec. 22 that he will continue to take a "special interest" in cases involving individuals who pose as staff members of his office for extortion purposes. He made this statement after the Pasay Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 115 dismissed the estafa case...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police apprehended a foreigner allegedly involved in a robbery and extortion attempt against a compatriot in Angeles City, Pampanga. According to the Angeles City police, the Chinese victim on Monday night, September 25, reported the loss of his...
