Ten
Philippine E- commerce related crimes that were successfully solved by the government
1. Crime Committed: ILOVEYOU
VIRUS which infected millions of computers worldwide.
Name of Criminal(s): Onel de Guzman
Court's Decision: Charges
against him in our country were dismissed, mainly because we had not
yet passed legislation addressing the crimes he had committed. The
public around the world is justifiably outraged.
Source:
COUNTRY
REPORT ON CYBERCRIME: THE PHILIPPINES by Gilbert
C. Sosa*
2. Crime Committed:
Hacking
into a government portal “gov.ph” and other government websites.
Name of Criminal(s):
JJ
Maria Giner
Court's Decision: Giner
was sentenced to one to two years of imprisonment and will pay a fine
of 100,000 pesos. However, Giner immediately applied for probation,
which was eventually granted by the court during Wednesday's
arraignment, the DOJ said. The granting of the probation will
allow Giner to skip jail time but he will still be required to report
to a probationary officer on a regular basis.
Source: http://www.crime-research.org/news/29.09.2005/1519/
3. Crime Committed: Hacking into his company's system to steal credit card information.
Name of Criminal(s): Jeffric Carlos Abiera
Court's Decision: He was sentenced Thursday by the Quezon City metropolitan court to a minimum imprisonment of one to two years plus a fine of P100,000 ($5,858) in violation of section 33 of the E-Commerce Law.
Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/050406-filipino-call-center-agent-hacking.html
4. Crime Committed: Video Piracy
Name of Criminal(s): Jiang Ming Zhi, Jhuang Shang Ti, Zheng Huo Yan, Joshua Chen, Lee Hokbeng, Johan Ang, Uang Zhu Sy, Wen Jhong, William Tan, Kim Diang and Ong Wen San.
Court's Decision: Judge Floro Alejo found accused them guilty beyond reasonable doubt and meted them three months and one day terms and each to pay a fine of P500,000 with subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency.
Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=231564
5. Crime Committed: Reproduction and sale of pirated materials. (PIRACY)
Name of Criminal(s): Raffy Bitancor
Court's Decision: He was sentenced by Pasig Regional Trial Court Judge Jose R. Hernandez to suffer the straight penalty of one year imprisonment and a fine of P50,000 for each of the two offenses for engaging in the reproduction and sale of pirated materials. Fourteen others, including a couple from Bicol, were sentenced to appropriate imprisonment and fine for engaging in film piracy.
Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=231564
6. Crime Committed: "Phreaking" or phone hacking
Name of Criminal(s): Macnell Gracilla, Francisco Manalac, Regina Balura, and Paul Michael Kwan.
Court's Decision: The four hackers arrested are facing charges in the Philippines; there's no word on whether the US will seek the extradition of Kwan on the outstanding conspiracy indictment.
Source: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/how-filipino-phreakers-turned-pbx-systems-into-cash-machines-for-terrorists.ars
7. Crime Committed: Hacking - (stealing company secrets)
Name of Criminal(s): Roschelle Claro
Court's Decision:
A hacking case was filed against Roschelle Claro, former head of quality control department of Vibelle Manufacturing Corp. (VMC), the case filed by the National Bureau of Investigation Anti-Fraud and Computer Crimes Division (NBI-AFCCD).
Hacking is a punishable offense under section 33a of Republic Act 8792.
Claro also faces other charges for violating laws on qualified theft, libel and revelation of secrets, which is an offense under article 292 of the Revised Penal Code.
The case is now under preliminary investigation following the filing of the investigators from the NBI-AFCCD.
Source: http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view/20080708-147196/First-cybercrime-case-for-2008-filed-at-DoJ
8. Crime Committed: Credit card fraud
Name of Criminal(s): Lim King and Leung Hung Ying
Court's Decision: Judge Manuel D. Victorio of the Makati Regional Trial Court found Lim King and Leung Hung Ying guilty under the Access Device Regulation Act of 1998. He sentenced each to three years in jail and a fine of P121,738.
The two pleaded guilty when charged, which explained the lighter jail term, normally a maximum of five years, and lower fine.
Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=95600
9. Crime Committed: Hacking - ( illegally accessed the school's computer system )
Name of Criminal(s): Leilani Garcia
Court's Decision: She was charged with violating a provision of RA 8792, also known as the e-commerce act of 2000, a former employee of the complainant, Thames International Business School.
Garcia was alleged to have illegally accessed the school's computer system with a password that was provided to her by Cesar Mañalac, the former IT support chief of Thames.
Source: http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99590
10. Crime Committed: Credit card fraud
Name of Criminal(s): Melinda Asuncion
Court's Decision: She was posing as a sales agent for a credit card company and was arrested by authorities after she was caught purchasing a laptop computer using someone else’s credit card.
Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/08/11/11/woman-nabbed-credit-card-fraud
3. Crime Committed: Hacking into his company's system to steal credit card information.
Name of Criminal(s): Jeffric Carlos Abiera
Court's Decision: He was sentenced Thursday by the Quezon City metropolitan court to a minimum imprisonment of one to two years plus a fine of P100,000 ($5,858) in violation of section 33 of the E-Commerce Law.
Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/050406-filipino-call-center-agent-hacking.html
4. Crime Committed: Video Piracy
Name of Criminal(s): Jiang Ming Zhi, Jhuang Shang Ti, Zheng Huo Yan, Joshua Chen, Lee Hokbeng, Johan Ang, Uang Zhu Sy, Wen Jhong, William Tan, Kim Diang and Ong Wen San.
Court's Decision: Judge Floro Alejo found accused them guilty beyond reasonable doubt and meted them three months and one day terms and each to pay a fine of P500,000 with subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency.
Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=231564
5. Crime Committed: Reproduction and sale of pirated materials. (PIRACY)
Name of Criminal(s): Raffy Bitancor
Court's Decision: He was sentenced by Pasig Regional Trial Court Judge Jose R. Hernandez to suffer the straight penalty of one year imprisonment and a fine of P50,000 for each of the two offenses for engaging in the reproduction and sale of pirated materials. Fourteen others, including a couple from Bicol, were sentenced to appropriate imprisonment and fine for engaging in film piracy.
Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=231564
6. Crime Committed: "Phreaking" or phone hacking
Name of Criminal(s): Macnell Gracilla, Francisco Manalac, Regina Balura, and Paul Michael Kwan.
Court's Decision: The four hackers arrested are facing charges in the Philippines; there's no word on whether the US will seek the extradition of Kwan on the outstanding conspiracy indictment.
Source: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/how-filipino-phreakers-turned-pbx-systems-into-cash-machines-for-terrorists.ars
7. Crime Committed: Hacking - (stealing company secrets)
Name of Criminal(s): Roschelle Claro
Court's Decision:
A hacking case was filed against Roschelle Claro, former head of quality control department of Vibelle Manufacturing Corp. (VMC), the case filed by the National Bureau of Investigation Anti-Fraud and Computer Crimes Division (NBI-AFCCD).
Hacking is a punishable offense under section 33a of Republic Act 8792.
Claro also faces other charges for violating laws on qualified theft, libel and revelation of secrets, which is an offense under article 292 of the Revised Penal Code.
The case is now under preliminary investigation following the filing of the investigators from the NBI-AFCCD.
Source: http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view/20080708-147196/First-cybercrime-case-for-2008-filed-at-DoJ
8. Crime Committed: Credit card fraud
Name of Criminal(s): Lim King and Leung Hung Ying
Court's Decision: Judge Manuel D. Victorio of the Makati Regional Trial Court found Lim King and Leung Hung Ying guilty under the Access Device Regulation Act of 1998. He sentenced each to three years in jail and a fine of P121,738.
The two pleaded guilty when charged, which explained the lighter jail term, normally a maximum of five years, and lower fine.
Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=95600
9. Crime Committed: Hacking - ( illegally accessed the school's computer system )
Name of Criminal(s): Leilani Garcia
Court's Decision: She was charged with violating a provision of RA 8792, also known as the e-commerce act of 2000, a former employee of the complainant, Thames International Business School.
Garcia was alleged to have illegally accessed the school's computer system with a password that was provided to her by Cesar Mañalac, the former IT support chief of Thames.
Source: http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99590
10. Crime Committed: Credit card fraud
Name of Criminal(s): Melinda Asuncion
Court's Decision: She was posing as a sales agent for a credit card company and was arrested by authorities after she was caught purchasing a laptop computer using someone else’s credit card.
Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/08/11/11/woman-nabbed-credit-card-fraud
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