Government prosecutors have resolved to file in court criminal charges against three more persons, one of them a Nigerian national, in the “hacking” of depositors’ accounts with BDO last December. READ:
Government prosecutors have resolved to file in court criminal charges against three more persons, one of them a Nigerian national, in the “hacking” of depositors’ accounts with Banco de Oro last December.
In the case of Jheron Anthony Taupa, another alleged participant in the accounts ‘hacking,’ the DOJ said he was arrested last Jan. 18 in Palmayo, Florida Blanca, Pampanga, and has been charged before the regional trial court in Guagua, Pampanga last Jan. 25 for misuse of devices under RA 10175. On the further investigation of Nwadi, the DOJ said: “Other than his presence during the entrapment operation, no other evidence was adduced by complainants as to his participation on the trafficking of unauthorized access devices. Thus, additional evidence must be presented to determine if there is probable cause for the indictment of Nwadi. Meanwhile, Nwadi will be released from detention.”
“The NBI-CCD explained that the acts are being compartmentalized to prevent the transfers from being traced to a particular person or a syndicate. The DOJ said the Nigerians worked for the “Mark Nagoyo Group” and were “engaged in the business of providing access devices to anyone looking for options to cash out funds fraudulently obtained.”
It said Taupa had been found selling for P2,000 “a ‘SCAMPAGE’ or a phishing website which is an imitation of the webpage of GCASH, a well-known electronic money issuer whose real site is hosted on https://www.gcash.com.”