Anti-cybercrime operatives of the Philippine National Police arrested a total of 83 people in a raid on the office of an alleged illegal online lending agency in Sampaloc, Manila.
“They were caught in the act of sending threatening messages to customers while some where unlawfully accessing the clients’ personal information which is posted online with libelous remarks,” said Doria. Doria said they immediately launched the operation after securing a Warrant to Search, Seize, and Examine Computer Data from a court to search and seize pieces of digital evidence that were allegedly used by the loan shark company in its lending scheme with usurious rates. The raid was conducted in Barangay 497 in Sampaloc district.
“They take advantage of our poor netizens who happened to click on their advertisements and promotions through social media and ‘google play apps store’ that offer instant loans,” said Doria.