Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents have arrested a South Korean who is allegedly wanted in his country for telecommunications fraud. Photo by Bureau of Immigration In a statement Monday, Dec. 26, Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said 40-year-old Byun Jonghyun was apprehended last week in...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, November 21 bared a reported plot by a Chinese syndicate to recruit and lure as many Filipinos to be part of a large-scale human trafficking scheme and investment fraud. Sen. Risa Hontiveros bares a reported plot by a Chinese syndicate to recruit Filipinos in a...
CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Calamba City, Laguna – Two Nigerians and their Filipina cohort were arrested for alleged involvement in bank fraud in Barangay Nueva, San Pedro City, Laguna, Wednesday, August 10. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the suspects as Samuel Nomso Esomchi, 42, of...
SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna – Authorities arrested three suspects who are allegedly involved in bank fraud on Wednesday, Aug. 10. The San Pedro City Police Station (CPS) identified the suspects as Gladys Rias Francisco and Nigerian nationals Samuel Nomso Esomchi and Taye John Bamidele. (SAN PEDRO...
Globe Telecom Inc. forged cybersecurity partnerships with local financial institutions and managed to block 9,063,698 bank-related scam and spam messages in the first half of the year, the telco disclosed Monday, July 4. The number is part of the 138 million scam and spam messages which Globe...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced Sunday, June 12, the imminent deportation of a German national wanted by authorities in Berlin for fraud. Bureau of Immigration BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said 71-year-old Robert Schrade was arrested on Thursday in Calauan, Laguna by operatives from the...
Bayan Muna party-list claims that it was targeted by “electronic vote-shaving” during the May 9, 2022 elections, leading to their loss of a seat in the House of Representatives in the upcoming 19th Congress. Bayan Muna party-list logo (Taken from BAYAN MUNA PH FB/ MANILA BULLETIN) Bayan Muna...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Friday, June 3, that it will deport shortly a South Korean fugitive wanted by authorities in his country for involvement in telecommunications fraud. Bureau of Immigration In a report to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, the bureau’s fugitive search unit...
An official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) denied on Monday, ay 16, claims of massive cheating in the conduct of the May 9 national and local elections. DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya pointed out that the allegations of the poll critics are not supported with...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday, May 11, to maintain law and order while exercising maximum tolerance amid threats of election-related protest actions. In an ABS-CBN report, students and...
Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos claimed during the UniTeam grand rally at the Bustillos area in Sampaloc, Manila on Saturday night, April 23 that no less than President Duterte sides with him when it comes his appeal against poll fraud. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (left) and...
The National Bureau of investigation (NBI) is convinced that the former contractual employee did not act alone in the alleged data breaching of a technology firm, Smartmatic, a software provider on contract with the Commission on Elections (Comelec). NBI Cybercrime Division Chief Victor Lorenzo...
