Pyramid Scam

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                    [Title] => Pyramid scam brains dies in Bilibid
                    [Summary] => Jachob “Coco” Rasuman, who was sentenced to life in prison over a multibillion-peso pyramiding scam, died of a heart attack at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa on Sunday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-10-18 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1806421
                    [AuthorName] => Ralph Edwin Villanueva
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                    [Title] => Tsino na lider ng pyramid scam, nadakip
                    [Summary] => Isang Chinese national na lider umano ng isang pyramid investment scam ang naaresto sa isang operasyon sa Malate, Maynila kamakailan.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-10-05 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Danilo Garcia
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                    [Title] => Filipinos among victims of $300 million pyramid scam
                    [Summary] => A $300-million pyramid scheme that has victimized retail investors across the globe has caught the attention of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-08-08 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales
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                    [Title] => 5 'get rich quick' scams in the Philippines, as seen in Netflix's 'Explained'
                    [Summary] => It's a weakness of human nature to want to have more in the shortest possible time. That is also why financial scams work: they tap into the greedy and the impatient in us. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-05-20 17:20:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Ana Crescini
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                    [Title] => Hundreds of vehicles in Cotabato City rent-a-car investment scam still missing
                    [Summary] => The military is now trying to account for hundreds of vehicles issued to soldiers who put money in a rent-a-car and investment scheme in Cotabato City.
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-10-10 20:44:00
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                    [AuthorName] => John Unson
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                    [Title] => Duped cops, troops told to help probe into investment scam
                    [Summary] => Army and police personnel lost no less that P40 million to a pyramid scheme involving car rentals and investments.
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                    [Title] => Hundreds lost money to multi-million pyramid scam in Mindanao
                    [Summary] => Hundreds who got duped into investing on what turned out as a multi-million pyramid rent-a-car and money market business want the people behind it locked in jail.
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-09-29 18:04:00
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                    [Title] => Manuel Amalilio should face Philippine justice — Anwar Ibrahim
                    [Summary] => There’s hope for justice for 15,000 mostly Muslim Filipinos conned of P12 billion by a Malaysian fugitive six years ago. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-09-05 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc
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                    [Title] => Goin’ Bulilit kids predict the future
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Find out what’s in and what’s out this year through the amusing and out-of-this-world predictions by the Goin’ Bulilit kids (photo) today.

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Pyramid scam brains dies in Bilibid

By Ralph Edwin Villanueva | October 18, 2022 - 12:00am

Jachob “Coco” Rasuman, who was sentenced to life in prison over a multibillion-peso pyramiding scam, died of a...

Nation

Tsino na lider ng pyramid scam, nadakip

By Danilo Garcia | October 5, 2022 - 12:00am

Isang Chinese national na lider umano ng isang pyramid investment scam ang naaresto sa isang operasyon sa Malate, Maynila kamakailan.

Police Metro

Filipinos among victims of $300 million pyramid scam

By Iris Gonzales | August 8, 2022 - 12:00am

A $300-million pyramid scheme that has victimized retail investors across the globe has caught the attention of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Business

5 'get rich quick' scams in the Philippines, as seen in Netflix's 'Explained'

By Ana Crescini | May 20, 2021 - 5:20pm

It's a weakness of human nature to want to have more in the shortest possible time. That is also why financial scams work:...

The Budgetarian

Hundreds of vehicles in Cotabato City rent-a-car investment scam still missing

By John Unson | October 10, 2018 - 8:44pm

The military is now trying to account for hundreds of vehicles issued to soldiers who put money in a rent-a-car and investment...

Nation

Duped cops, troops told to help probe into investment scam

By John Unson | October 1, 2018 - 1:54pm

Army and police personnel lost no less that P40 million to a pyramid scheme involving car rentals and investments.

Nation

Hundreds lost money to multi-million pyramid scam in Mindanao

By John Unson | September 29, 2018 - 6:04pm

Hundreds who got duped into investing on what turned out as a multi-million pyramid rent-a-car and money market business want...

Nation

Manuel Amalilio should face Philippine justice — Anwar Ibrahim

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | September 5, 2018 - 12:00am

There’s hope for justice for 15,000 mostly Muslim Filipinos conned of P12 billion by a Malaysian fugitive six years ago.

Opinion

Goin’ Bulilit kids predict the future

January 6, 2013 - 12:00am

Find out what’s in and what’s out this year through the amusing and out-of-this-world predictions by the Goin’ Bulilit kids (photo) today.

Entertainment