MANILA, Philippines: Eight individuals pretending to be officials or connected to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) were apprehended by operatives from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in an entrapment operation conducted in Mandaluyong City on March 26, 2024.
MANILA, Philippines: Eight individuals pretending to be officials or connected to the Department of Budget and Management were apprehended by operatives from the National Bureau of Investigation in an entrapment operation conducted in Mandaluyong City on March 26, 2024.According to the initial NBI report, one of the suspects initially introduced herself as an undersecretary of the DBM to the complainant, claiming that she could assist in releasing funds for government projects.
Allegedly, this project was related to the construction of a dam, which the DBM was supposedly funding.The suspects assured the complainant that the project would be awarded to her, but before that, they needed the complainant to provide 'grease money' for the project's 'Blue Print' to initiate the processing of documents for the project award.
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