Police arrest a suspected swindler on social media after 3 months of surveillance.
DIPOLOG, Philippines – Authorities arrested an alleged member of an all-female group of swindlers that duped more than a dozen businessmen in Dipolog City and Zamboanga del Norte in Trece Martires City in Cavite, police said on Friday, December 2.
Agustin was arrested based on warrants for 11 counts of estafa issued by Regional Trial Court Judge Victoriano Lacaya and carnapping issued by RTC Judge Nestor Angeles in Zamboanga del Norte. Dipolog police chief Colonel Vedasto Dasmarinas III said the group established a, closed deals with Dipolog City and Zamboanga del Norte businessmen, and ran off with millions of pesos worth of products and at least three cars in less than a month in September.
Joven Uy, who runs a Dipolog rent-a-car business, identified Agustin as one of the three suspects who rented but ran off with his Toyota Fortuner.Major Mervin Claret, chief of the police’s Highway Patrol Group in Dipolog, said authorities were able to locate Agustin through three-month surveillance on social media.
Lieutenant Colonel Alvin Saguban, deputy commander of the Zamboanga del Norte Police Provincial Office, said the arrest was a milestone, “but we don’t celebrate yet because we have just started.”
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