Police warn public against proliferation of fake bills, crimes this holiday season

Emmariel Ares 11/18/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – An official of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas is urging the public to always be cautious when accepting bills, especially if these would come from strangers. Police Lieutenant Colonel Gerard Ace…

Two more nabbed in Ronda for peddling fake bills

Paul Lauro 06/07/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—A day after arresting a 50-year-old man in Brgy. Pasil here, authorities apprehended two more individuals for peddling counterfeit peso bills down south. Police in Ronda town in southwestern Cebu arrested a live-in couple on…

Man allegedly distributing fake peso bills nabbed in Pasil, Cebu City 

Paul Lauro 06/06/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A middle-aged man from Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu landed in jail as he is accused of distributing fake Philippine Peso bills here.  The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas (CIDG-7) and the…

Ways to check if your bills are real – police

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 11/22/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Fake bills will surely proliferate this Christmas as some individuals take advantage of the holiday season, the police warned. However, there are basic things that you can do to check if a bill…

PRO-7 chief: Possible fake money makers monitored

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 11/21/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police will monitor possible fake money makers in Central Visayas, especially that the holiday season draws near. Police Brigadier General Roderick Augustus Alba, director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7),…

Habal-habal driver nabbed with P25K worth of fake bills in entrapment operation in Lapu-Lapu

Norman V. Mendoza 12/12/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — A habal-habal (motorcycle-for-hire) driver was caught with P25,000 worth of counterfeit money during an entrapment operation at the PUJ Terminal in Barangay Pajo, Lapu-Lapu City this afternoon (December 12). Jundel Pardillo, 22, of…

BSP to cash handlers: Learn security features of peso bills

Inna Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/23/2017

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) urged businessmen, vendors and cash handlers to learn how to tell fake bills from the genuine ones by familiarizing themselves with the security features of the Philippine currency. The New Generation…

COUNTERFEITER CAUGHT

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/21/2017

All it took was a computer and a printer in an internet café. Voilà! Fake peso bills were made. Unfortunately for the fake bill maker, policemen got him and seized from him P24,000 worth of fake bills…

‘If it’s smooth, it’s fake’

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/21/2017

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has constantly reminded the public to be vigilant on the proliferation of counterfeit money. Lawyer Leonides Sumbi, BSP Cebu regional director, said the public should be very careful, especially in dealing…

Cops arrest alleged member of a syndicate producing fake peso bills in Cebu

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/21/2017

CEBU CITY–At least P24,000 worth of fake peso bills were seized by Cebu City policemen in a sting operation along Colon Street in downtown Cebu City past noon on Saturday. Junrey Cagay, 23, and a resident of…

Fake bills seized

Apple Ta-as 02/24/2016

A 42-YEAR-OLD man suspected to be involved in the proliferation of fake money was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Sto. Niño, Cebu City last Tuesday morning. At least 100 pieces of fake P500 bills and…

Public warned against fake bills

Vanessa Claire Lucero 01/13/2016

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas warned that counterfeit bank notes are likely to circulate during the election period. Leonides B. Sumbi, Bangko Sentral acting director for Central Visayas, said consumers should take note of the distinguishing features…

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