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OPERATIVES of the Philippine National Police-Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) on Tuesday raided a suspected scam hub in Antipolo City.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Arrested were 70 employees and a minor.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to PNP-ACG director Brig. Gen. Bernard Yang, raided was an investment scheme office in Bgy. San Roque in Antipolo City.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The raid was conducted on the strength of a warrant to search, seize and examine computer data issued by a local court against the office owner identified only as alias \u201cArthur.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The case stemmed from a violation of Republic Act 8799 or the Securities Regulations Code in relation to Section 6 of RA 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The raid was conducted by members of the PNP-ACG, in coordination with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Rizal Police Provincial Office, and the Antipolo City Police Station following months of surveillance.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yang said the office had been under surveillance by the PNP-ACG Cyber Response Unit since 2024 following a report from an Australian national, represented by IFW Global, regarding an investment scheme that targeted and victimized foreign nationals.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The official said that during the operation, 70 employees and one minor were found present in the office.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cCurrently, digital forensic examinations on their computers are still ongoing to gather digital evidence for violation of RA No. 8799,\u201d the ACG said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThis successful operation is a testament to the PNP-ACG\u2019s commitment to protecting the public against online fraud and exploitation,\u201d said Yang<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cTo those who engage in such illegal activities, let this operation be a strong warning to you: We will not stop until you are caught and brought to justice,\u201d the official added.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" OPERATIVES of the Philippine National Police-Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) on Tuesday raided a suspected scam hub in Antipolo City. Arrested were 70 employees and a minor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14136,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14134\/revisions\/14136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}