CIDG: 3 suspects nabbed for offering ‘2025 polls victory guarantee’ in exchange for P90-M

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00:00The criminal investigation and detection grouper CIDG arrested three individuals impersonating

00:05commission on election Sir Connellyke IT specialists. These suspects allegedly demanded

00:11millions from poll aspirants in exchange for guaranteeing their victory in the 2025

00:16midterm elections. Ryan Nasigas tells us more.

00:30This man was immediately arrested after being cornered by operatives of the criminal investigation

00:41and detection grouper CIDG in Marikina for offering election rigging services to candidates

00:46for Hatol ng Bayan 2025. According to CIDG acting director, Police Brigadier General

00:51Nicolas Torre III, the suspects were posing as representatives of the Commission on Elections.

00:56Their modus operandi involved offering candidates a guaranteed win in the May 2025 elections in

01:02exchange for 90 million pesos. The suspects claimed to be IT specialists with connections

01:07to the Comelec, promising their targets a sure win by allegedly having access to the automated

01:13election results. The scam was exposed after a candidate running for mayor and vice mayor

01:18in Cagayan became suspicious of the offer and reported it to the CIDG. The victims said they

01:23were first approached by the group in 2019 but ignored them when both eventually lost in the

01:29elections. In 2022, the group approached them again and this time, the victim allegedly paid

01:355 million pesos just to ensure the results of the election in their town were not manipulated.

01:41For the 2025 elections, the same group came back with the same offer. The victims then paid an

01:46initial 2 million pesos as part of a plan to have the suspects arrested. This led to an entrapment

01:52operation that resulted in the arrest of three individuals while five others managed to escape.

02:06Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laujancu warned these kinds of offer are nothing but scams as

02:11no one can manipulate election results. Comelec Commissioner Amy Ferolino also advised candidates

02:17to use their money for their campaigns rather than paying scammers for election fraud. The

02:21Comelec denied any connection to the suspects. We already have a certification from our personal

02:27department that these persons are not in the list of employees of the Commission on Elections.

02:52I don't think they can do that.

02:59We are now in the process of examining it. The suspects are facing multiple charges including

03:04robbery with intimidation or violence, robbery extortion, violations of the revised penal code

03:09in relation to the Cyber Crime Prevention Act of 2012 and the omnibus election code of the Philippines.

03:14The suspects refused to issue a statement. Ryan Lisigas from the National TV Network

03:21for a New and Better Philippines, Kamkramit.

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