The Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 18 Judge Gilbert Moises orders status quo on the operation of Banco De Oro (BDO) branches in Cebu City until March 6. The decision was made after a closed door meeting…
A 35-year-old woman accused of duping small-time businessmen into a livelihood scam was arrested in Barangay Basak Pardo, Cebu City on Wednesday evening. Analie Yu, also known as Insik, was tricking businessmen into availing of a livelihood…
The Cebu City government will not process the applications for the renewal of business permits filed by SM Prime Holdings Inc. (SMPHI), the operator of SM Seaside City Cebu, and the Magallanes branch of Banco de Oro…
Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña has lodged a complaint before the Office of the City Prosecutor against the Magallanes branch of Banco de Oro (BDO) for alleged tax fraud after the branch declared a gross annual revenue…
Cebu Mayor Tomas Osmeña has filed a complaint before the Office of the City Prosecutor, claiming that Banco de Oro – Magallanes Branch has committed “tax fraud”. Osmeña said that BDO-Magallanes declared a gross annual revenue of…
Taiwanese nationals, allegedly operating an online extortion racket victimizing retired and active government officials in Taiwan, were raided by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI-7) at their hideout base inside a subdivision in Barangay Guadalupe,…
CEBU CITY–Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) arrested 20 Taiwanese nationals for alleged online fraud. Armed with a search warrant, the agents barged into a five-story house rented by the suspects at…
Mandaue City Vice Mayor Carlo Fortuna is asking Mandaue residents to be cautious of people engaging in any unauthorized transactions using his name. Fortuna said on his Facebook page that any such incident should immediately be reported…
A SLOVENIAN national was arrested on suspicion that he was involved in hacking credit cards last Thursday night. At least 23 credit cards bearing different names were recovered from the possession of Denis Sandik, 26. Sandik temporarily…
BANKS are working closely with the police to make sure that local accounts are not hacked by a suspected international card fraud syndicate operating in Cebu, an official said. Cebu Bankers’ Club president Maximo Rey Eleccion said…
Charges were filed yesterday against two Romanian nationals who were arrested for withdrawing cash from an automated teller machine (ATM) using fraudulent cards in barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City. Stefania Mihaela Osman, 36, and Petro Ioan Uveges, 42,…
THE 68 foreigners, mostly Taiwanese, who were arrested for online fraud, were sent back to their rented houses in high-end subdivisions in Cebu City under guard by two battalions from the Regional Public Safety Battalion (RPSB) 7.…
