3 nabbed for offering deletion of marriage records | Inquirer News

3 nabbed for offering deletion of marriage records

/ 05:10 AM September 16, 2022

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MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation has arrested three people allegedly offering services for deletion of marriage records for a fee.

Agents of the NBI-Special Action Unit arrested in separate entrapment operations a certain Carl Reyes (aka Gladdies Rodriguez Reyes), and couple Marco Norega and Rona Castillo.

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Reyes, who reportedly asked for 75-percent down payment on the P180,000 fee, was arrested as soon as he received marked money from the poseur-client whom he promised to have his marriage record at the Philippine Statistical Authority “deleted” within four months.

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Norega and Castillo were also arrested in an entrapment operation after receiving payment from a poseur-client whom they promised marriage annulment documents within five to eight months.

The operations stemmed from a request of Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo to investigate rampant online advertisements of annulment packages, the NBI said. —TINA G. SANTOS

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