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A writ of preliminary injunction was issued yesterday by the Muntinlupa RTC Branch 256 under Judge Alberto Lerma against the SEC, the Department of Justice and the National Bureau of Investigation to restrain them from evaluating and including in a criminal investigation certain corporate documents seized from the petitioners’ companies.


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The corporate watchdog said in a statement that it has solid basis for charging the 21 corporations and several individuals for violation of Sec. 28 of the Securities Regulation Code, or for engaging in fraudulent securities transactions.


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Filipino is king of boiler rooms

By Sheila Samonte-Pesayco Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism | April 16, 2002 - 12:00am

Today, 30-year-old Amador Pastrana is said to own more than 100 boiler rooms and shell companies around the world. Some of them are incorporated in small tax-haven territories such as the Bahamas, Belize, British...

Headlines

Court stops SEC’s ‘boiler room’ pro

By Christina Mendez | September 12, 2001 - 12:00am

The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court has stopped the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and two other law enforcement agencies from proceeding with their investigation of the alleged boiler room operations of...

Business

SEC builds up case against boiler room operators

By Christina Mendez | August 31, 2001 - 12:00am

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is strengthening its case against the boiler room operations of several firms and individuals amid charges that it has issued "judicially defective" search warrants...

Business