Sen. Grace Poe on Thustressed the need to put in place tighter measures to curb financial fraud and protect the Filipinos hard-earned money as more shift to online banking and digital payments.
The State of Scams in the Philippines Report unveiled by the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA) and Women in Security Alliance Philippines (WiSAP), warns of a bleak scenario unfolding in the Philippines with rising scam activities deeply impacting the community.
CCO Media Phils. was found to have been engaging in the widespread promotion, sale, or offering of an elaborate revenue-sharing investment scheme while representing themselves to be affiliated with and clothing their products to be coming from CLEAR CHANNEL USA), an American company and a market leader in the out-of-home advertising industry.
Sen. Sonny Angara said during a hybrid committee meeting that a cease-and-desist order may no longer be sufficient to fight digital fraud, which he said is a different type of “beast”.
The SEC named the firms as CryptoInvestWith.Us (CIW.U), Won Project/ Won Network/ Won Foundation, and Captcha Philippines, which have neither registered securities such as investment contracts nor secured secondary licenses to solicit and take investments from the public.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has identified four more unauthorized online investment schemes, including rackets possibly operated by previously flagged groups under new names.
