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Online seller of fake driver's licenses, PWD IDs nabbed in Valenzuela City — ACG

The Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) of the Philippine National Police arrested an individual in Valenzuela City for selling fake driver's licenses and person with disability (PWD) IDs. At a press conference on Thursday, ACG chief Police Brigadier General Bernard Yang said an entrapment operation was launched against the suspect last week. 'Last week po, tayo ay nagsagawa ng entrapment operation laban sa isang babae doon sa Valenzuela City kung saan ito ay nagbebenta online ng driver's license, at hindi lang driver's license, kundi yung ID ng PWD,' Yang said. (Last week, we conducted an entrapment operation against a woman in Valenzuela City who was selling not only driver's licenses but also PWD IDs.) 'Ito ay dahil sa patuloy ang aming pagsasagawa ng cyber-patrolling at nakikita po natin kung ano-ano ang binibenta roon, mga panloloko ng ating kababayan sa ating kapwa kababayan din,' he added. (This is because we continue to conduct cyber-patrolling and we see what is being sold there, frauds committed by our countrymen to our fellow countrymen.) Yang said the suspect is facing a complaint for 10 counts of falsification by private individuals and use of falsified documents under Revised Penal Code in relation to Cybercrime Prevention Act. The bail is set at P36,000 for each count, according to Yang. Meanwhile, Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon said the 'fixer' system in obtaining driver's licenses has reached the online space. 'Isa sa mga, sasabihin ko na, kabulukan ng sistema, itong nag-evolve na sistema ng mga fixer,' Dizon said. (One of the, I would say, corruptions of the system, this evolved system of fixers.) 'Yung fixer dati nasa tabi ng LTO, nag-offer ng services ika nga, hihingi ng pampadulas para makalusot sa requirements ng lisensya, rehistro, etc. Pero dahil sa internet, Facebook, naging online na yan,' he added. (Fixers used to be beside the LTO, offering services, asking for bribes to get around the requirements of the license, registration, etc. But because of the internet, Facebook, that has become online.) Dizon vowed that authorities will go after these fixers as the government aims to improve road safety. — RSJ, GMA Integrated News