Scammed Sagada folks decline charges vs firm; settle for P3-M payoff
>> Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Fleeing suspects, intercepted, arrested in Bauko |
By Gina Dizon
SAGADA MOUNTAIN PROVINCE- The offer is enticing: 30% interest for 40 days on any amount an investor gives to the operating company.
Some
vendors from this tourist town including some folks from northern Sagada gave
as low as P10,000 to as high as P500,000 for that prized 30% interest return to
operators of a company called Intensity 8 General Merchandise. Of the interest
earned are points equivalent to a product like a television or a rice cooker.
One will also get 5% from the invested amount of recruited
referrals.
This,
as victims decided not to file charges anymore against the suspect-scammers
following a settlement that suspects pay back their investors within a month.
Police investigation noted an estimated P3 million given by the
investors to the company operators.
The
pay-outs were good and coming from April 2019 to June 2019 till the 1st week
of July when things began to get fishy. Operators from a certain company
called Intensity 8 General Merchandise were not able to give their pay-outs
first week of July to their investors, police records reveal.
It
has also been noticed by the landlady of the place the suspects rented that
they vacated their rented rooms on July 10 which prompted the landlady to
report the incident to the Sagada police station.
The
suspect- scammers were intercepted at Sinto, Bauko by the Mountain Province
Police Mobile Force Company (MPPMFC) following alert given by the Sagada police
led by OIC-Chief of Police Robert Sagandoy.
Four
occupants of a Nissan Almera vehicle with plate number F2E821 were bought back
to Sagada by the police from the municipal police station.
The
four suspects are Arnold Dequit Quejada, 36, married from Cainta, Rizal; Alfred
Quitoriano Nolasco, 25, married from Rodriguez, Rizal; Norberto Tulda Nolasco,
41, married from Mauban, Quezon City; and Marlon Villasenor Dipad, 37, married from
Plaridel, Bulacan.
Charges were
being readied on alleged syndicated estafa against the suspects when the
victims desisted and decided not to file charges anymore, police said.
On
July 14, victims settled for an agreement to pay within one-month with security
given the said Nissan Almera left in Sagada and a post- dated cheque of half a
million pesos issued in the name of one of the victims.
A
certain Colonel Gawiran who claimed he is from from PSG (presidential
security group) and a pastor from Iglesia ni Cristo were with the suspects
during the settlement, it was learned. They left town with the suspects after
the settlement.
Suspects
were detained at the municipal jail for three days before they were released
following an affidavit of desistance signed by the investors.
It
was learned that the Nissan Almera has no registration papers left to the
victims.
Sagandoy
warned the public to check registration papers of any company offering their
investment schemes.
It
was not long ago when the public was duped of pyramiding scams of Satarah
Wellness and Linecard through recruitment of
refererrals with the promise of bigger financial returns far beyond
bank interest rates.
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