NBI arrests ‘scammer’ for ‘duping’ couple P16-M in 'fake investment'

The National Bureau of Investigation has arrested a woman who reportedly duped a couple to shell out P16.2 million in investments to an export-import-freight forwarding firm which turned out to be non-existent.Immediately after Hernandez’s arrest in an entrapment operation conducted by agents of the NBI National Capital Region , she was charged with estafa under Article 315 of the Revised Penal Code in relation to Republic Act No. 10175, the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, the NBI said.

“Hernandez represented herself to the complainants as the owner of Frontier Freight Forwarders , a legitimate business existing for six years in Pasay City,” the NBI said.

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