{"id":95068,"date":"2017-03-22T19:21:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T23:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=95068"},"modified":"2017-03-22T19:21:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T23:21:35","slug":"public-warned-vs-scammer-posing-as-new-boc-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/22\/public-warned-vs-scammer-posing-as-new-boc-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Public warned vs scammer posing as new BOC chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_95069\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95069\" style=\"width: 844px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Capture-102.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95069\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Capture-102.png\" alt=\"In a statement, the bureau said that a certain Ariel Roselle Victorino, also known as Ariel Roa Victorino, allegedly a relative of President Rodrigo Duterte, was reported to have produced a letter stating that he would take over the post of the Customs chief. (Photo: Bureau of Customs PH\/ Facebook)\" width=\"844\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Capture-102.png 844w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Capture-102-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Capture-102-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 844px) 100vw, 844px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-95069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In a statement, the bureau said that a certain Ariel Roselle Victorino, also known as Ariel Roa Victorino, allegedly a relative of President Rodrigo Duterte, was reported to have produced a letter stating that he would take over the post of the Customs chief. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BureauOfCustomsPH\/?fref=ts\">Bureau of Customs PH\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2013The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has warned the public against an individual who is misrepresenting himself as the replacement of Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the bureau said that a certain Ariel Roselle Victorino, also known as Ariel Roa Victorino, allegedly a relative of President Rodrigo Duterte, was reported to have produced a letter stating that he would take over the post of the Customs chief.<\/p>\n<p>The letter was supposedly signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, the BOC noted that it had also received complaints that Victorino had been extorting money from customs employees, brokers, and even smugglers in exchange for protection and immunity from suit.<\/p>\n<p>With this, Faeldon urged the public to disclose the names of other individuals who have been involved in extorting money in exchange for protection.<\/p>\n<p>It noted that he has several pending criminal cases in the courts for estafa and fraud.<\/p>\n<p>National Bureau of Investigation records revealed that it had arrested Ariel and one Hershey Victorino for reportedly duping five applicants for a US visa.<\/p>\n<p>The BOC added that (Ariel) Victorino was accused of extorting money from garbage contractors after claiming to be the chief of Manila\u2019s Department of Public Service in June 2013.<\/p>\n<p>For assistance, the public may call the BOC Cares hotline numbers 705-6052 or 705-6000, or email boc.cares@customs.gov.ph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2013The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has warned the public against an individual who is misrepresenting himself as the replacement of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":95069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[4665,16962],"class_list":["post-95068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-bureau-of-customs","tag-scammer","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}