A suspect was arrested for large-scale cybercrime estafa for allegedly posing as a authorities liaison coordinator for the Department of Transportation.
According to an announcement launched by the DOTr on Saturday, Muntinlupa resident Peejay Giganto Durano was arrested after accepting marked cash throughout an entrapment operation staged by the Philippine National Police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-National Capital Region on July 31.
The suspect was accused of allegedly approaching businessman Rholand Dindo Gantiga Sioson on May 22 with a solid signature of DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista and claiming to be a Liaison Officer from the Office of the President.
Sioson claimed that he might facilitate the processing of Land Transportation Office licensing and registration of the motor automobiles wanted for a franchising business and requested for a P405,000 processing price.
He later allegedly requested for one more P100,000 for the discharge of a division order for Sioson’s LTO franchise.
Durano can be charged with violation of Article 315 (“Large-scale Estafa”) in relation to Republic Act 10175 (“Cybercrime Prevention Act”), Article 177 (“Usurpation of Authority or Official Function”), and Article 172 (“Falsification by Private Individual and Use of Falsified Document”) of the Revised Penal Code (RPC).
DOTr Secretary Bautista warned the general public in opposition to scams such scams, emphasizing that his administration didn’t condone such unlawful actions. — DVM, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
