+ Follow Extortion Tag
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[Title] => Police Major tiklo ng kabaro sa extortion
[Summary] => Nahaharap sa patung-patong na kasong kriminal at administratibo ang isang pulis na may ranggong major matapos maaresto ng kanyang mga kabaro sa isang entrapment operation laban sa kanya sa loob mismo ng regional headquarters ng Police Regional Office 5 sa Camp Gen. Simeon Ola sa lungsod na ito kahapon ng umaga.
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[Title] => Nagpanggap na pulis driver arestado sa extortion
[Summary] => Arestado ang 41-anyos na driver na nagpanggap na pulis sa isinagawang entrapment operation ng Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Southern District Field Unit sa Brgy. Tambo, Parañaque City.
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[Title] => Tulo ka team enforcers gitaktak
[Summary] => Subling gipalanog sa Mandaue City Government ang ilang zero-tolerance policy batok sa bribery, extortion, ug tanang porma sa kurapsyon sa mga hiwing binuhatan sa pipila ka kawani sa city hall.
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[Title] => Extortion case ni Mabanta, iimbestigahan ng Kamara
[Summary] => Isang resolusyon ang nakatakdang ihain ng resolusyon ni Tingog party-list Rep. Jude Acidre kasama ang 40 iba pang miyembro ng Kamara de Representantes para imbestigahan ang umano’y extortion incident na kinasasangkutan ng grupo ni Peanut Gallery Media Network (PGMN) founder Franco Mabanta kay dating House Speaker Martin Romualdez.
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[Title] => Socmed operator nabbed for extortion try on Romualdez
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[Title] => Mabanta arrest draws attention to years of support for Marcos, Duterte
[Summary] => Malacañang played down Marcos’ ties to Franco Mabanta after the blogger’s arrest over an alleged P350-million extortion attempt.
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[Title] => Socmed operator Franco Mabanta nabbed for alleged Romualdez extortion
[Summary] => (Updated) The NBI said Mabanta was arrested in an entrapment operation in a P300 million extortion attempt case.
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[Title] => Ex-BFP personnel guilty sa pangingikil - korte
[Summary] => Pinatawan ng Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court ng isang taong pagkabilanggo at multa na P500,000 ang isang dating empleyado ng Bureau of Fire Protection matapos mapatunayang guilty sa paglabag sa Republic Act No. 11032 o Ease of Doing Business Law.
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[Title] => 'Sabungeros' case: Atong Ang files criminal raps, says 'Totoy' tried to extort P300M
[Summary] => Gaming tycoon Atong Ang filed several criminal complaints against self-proclaimed whistleblower Julie Patidongan and his former employee Alan Batiles, also known as Brown, before the Mandaluyong City Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday, July 3.
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[Title] => Traffic violators turn out to be con men who use Liza Marcos' name
[Summary] => A blinker violation led to a bigger bust for the police's highway authorities.
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Extortion
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