game ape NBI busts 4 suspects in fake documents racket

NBI Director Jaime Santiago presents to the media a fake NBI clearance recovered from a raid conducted in Sta. Cruz, Manila. The document, he said has no security marks but bears his own signature.(Tetch Torres-Tupas / INQUIRER.net)

MANILA, Philippines – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has filed charges against four individuals arrested for falsifying public documents, including a clearance from the agency bearing the signature of NBI Director Jaime Santiago himself.

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Cases for falsification of public and private documents were filed against Christian Abellera, Edgardo Carpio, Jenny Bade Trajano, and a minor.

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They were presented before the Manila Prosecutor’s Office in an inquest proceeding.

The NBI’s Special Task Force arrested the four in an entrapment operation conducted in Sta. Cruz, Manila.

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Santiago said that aside from NBI clearance, the arrested individuals also offer fake land titles, passports, driver’s licenses, and even fake electric bills.

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The counterfeit documents have a price ranging from P700 to P2,500.

Computers, office equipment and spurious documents were recovered from the arrested suspects.

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