00:00Arrested in the entrapment operation committed by the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group is a suspect who was involved in an online extortion
00:10after he was accused of committing a crime on social media.
00:16This is what Ryan Leziguez has to say.
00:20This man was not able to escape the police encirclement in front of a store in Nagas City, Camarines Sur.
00:28The man is the target of the entrapment operation of the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group
00:33after he was accused of committing an online extortion using a fake social media account.
00:39The suspect introduced himself as a woman to the victim, a 51-year-old man.
00:46The suspect created a dummy account and the profile picture is of a woman.
00:53The photos he sent to the suspect were the ones he grabbed from his legit profile.
00:59The victim believed that his conversation was with a woman.
01:05The conversation between the suspect and the victim online also reached the video call.
01:11This is where he started to show mercy to the victim of the crime.
01:14It's easy to catch the suspect whenever there's a video call so that he won't be caught.
01:19But the victim didn't know that their private conversation was being recorded.
01:25The suspect suddenly messaged asking for money if he won't send it through online or messenger to his family or friends.
01:36Because the suspect kept asking for money and because he was afraid that his family would see the video,
01:43he complained to the authorities.
01:46The suspect is facing charges of robbery with intimidation of persons related to the Cybercrime Prevention Act.
01:53We strictly follow our sexual activities and our private parts.
02:00We will not send anyone because this can be used against us and we will be ashamed.
02:07From Campo Crame, Ryan Misigas for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
