Philippine E-Commerce Related Crimes

1. Crime committed: Hacking the government portal "gov.ph".

Criminal: JJ Maria Giner

Court's Decision: Convicted and sentenced to one to two years of imprisonment and fined PhP 100,000.
Source: http://www.unafei.or.jp/english/pdf/RS_No79/No79_12PA_Sosa.pdf

2. Crime committed: Selling pirated DVDs, Ramgen-Janelle sex video

Criminals:Sonny Abdulrashed, Salman Usman, Junard Sharief, Asnawi Kiram.

Court’s Decision:Convicted, and charged with violation of RA 9995.

Source: http://cidg.pnp.gov.ph/NewsPress.htm

3. Crime committed: ILOVEYOU VIRUS which infected millions of computers worldwide.
Criminal: Onel de Guzman

Court’s Decision: Charges against him in our country were dismissed, mainly because we had not yet passed legislation addressing the crimes he had committed. The public around the world is justifiably outraged.

Source: COUNTRY REPORT ON CYBERCRIME: THE PHILIPPINES by Gilbert C. Sosa

4 . Crime committed: Credit Card Fraud

Criminal: Melinda Asuncion

Court’s Decision: There's no update found on the internet about court's decision in this case.

Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/08/11/11/woman-nabbed-credit-card-fraud

5.Crime committed: Hacking into his company’s system to steal credit card information.

Criminal: Jeffric Carlos Abiera

Court’s Decision: Minimum imprisonment of one to two years plus a fine of P100,000 ($5,858)

Source of information: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/050406-filipino-call-center-agent-hacking.html

6. Crime committed: Software piracy

Criminal: Nestor Yao

Court’s Decision: prison sentence of one year for one case, and three to six years for the other case. The court also required him to pay a total of 200,000 pesos.

Source:http://www.ulop.net/forum/4-lounge/267408-raid-in-brgy-rizal-makati-part2?imit=10&start=80

7. Crime committed: Video Piracy

Criminal:(11 Chinese nationals) Jiang Ming Zhi, Jhuang Shang Ti  Zheng Huo Yan, Joshua Chen, Lee Hokbeng, Johan Ang, Uang Zhu Sy, Wen Jhong, William Tan, Kim Diang and Ong Wen San

Court’s Decision:In a two-page decision, Judge Floro Alejo found accused 11 Chinese nationals were guilty beyond reasonable doubt and meted them three months and one day terms and each to pay a fine of P500,000 with subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency.

Source:http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=231564

8. Crime committed: Credit Card Fraud

Criminal:Wu Yen Jung

Court’s Decision: Arrested.

Source:http://immigration.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1129&Itemid=78

9. Crime committed: Credit Card Fraud

Criminal: Lim King,nLeung Hung Ying

Court’s Decision: The judge sentenced each to three years in jail and a fine of P121,738. The two pleaded guilty when charged, which explained the lighter jail term, normally a maximum of five years, and lower fine.

Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=95600

10. Crime committed: Reproduction and sale of pirated materials.

Criminal: Raffy Bitancor

Court’s Decision: One year imprisonment and a fine of P50,000 for each of the two offenses for engaging in the reproduction and sale of pirated materials.

Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=231564