Four members of a family and their driver are now under strict home quarantine after they presented fake RT-PCR test results on their return to Iloilo from Cebu.
GMA regional TV-Iloilo reported in “Unang Balita” on Friday that the Iloilo authorities are already investigating how and where the family obtained a fake RT-PCR test result.
During the initial investigation, the family returned to the town of Sta. Barbara, Iloilo from Tabuelan, Cebu.
In addition, the report said that the family arrived at Estancia Port of Iloilo on April 24.
On April 26, the fake RT-PCR test results they presented to the authorities was discovered.
The investigation into the case is ongoing.
In February, the Department of the Interior and the Local Government (DILG) has ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to arrest and prosecute those who present fake RT-PCR test results.
According to DILG officer-in-charge Undersecretary Bernardo Florece Jr., these perpetrators would be punished by the law.
“The DILG directs the PNP to arrest and prosecute individuals who are forging their RT-PCR tests. This is a crime and is punishable under our law,” he said.
Mother and daughter arrested for hacking minor’s social media account
A mother and her daughter were arrested in Manila for allegedly being involved in hacking the social media of a minor, according to a report by John Consulta in Unang Balita on Friday.
They allegedly extorted P10,000 for the victim so as not to spread her sensitive video.
The suspects were identified as Maricar Sena, who was caught in an entrapment operation, and her daughter Jingky Joy Sena, who is considered the main target by the authorities.
According to the National Bureau of Investigation, the 17-year-old victim was shocked when her Facebook account was suddenly hacked on April 8.
The suspects later contacted her and demanded P10,000 in exchange for not disseminating her allegedly sensitive video.
Jingky Joy apologized. She said she did not know why she committed the crime.
According to Maricar, she did not know that the money her daughter was taking at the remittance center came from extortion.
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