The National Bureau of Investigation–Cybercrime Division (NBI-CCD) has shut down a cyber-scamming hub operating inside a condominium in Parañaque City.
During the raid, agents arrested Chinese national Li Zhenjie for alleged violation of Section 4 of Republic Act 12010, the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act, in relation to the Cybercrime Prevention Act.
The bust followed a tip about a sophisticated scam group that was spoofing U.S. law-enforcement phone numbers and impersonating officers from the New Haven Police Department and the FBI. According to investigators, the group extorted American victims by demanding $3,000 to $5,000 in cryptocurrency, claiming the payment would suppress a fabricated nationwide online arrest warrant. Funds were directed to an account under the alias “General.”
NBI-CCD agents obtained a Warrant to Search, Seize, and Examine Computer Data from the Makati Regional Trial Court on November 20, 2025. The following day, with help from condominium security personnel, agents raided the unit and seized devices containing social-engineering scripts used in the scam. Li was taken into custody at the scene.
The NBI described the operation as a major disruption of a transnational cybercrime operation targeting foreign victims.
