NBI agents raid KAPA Cebu office
Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 09:15:28 +0000
CEBU CITY – Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI 7) raided the office of KAPA Ministry Community International, a religious group suspected to engage in investment scams.
“The President ordered us to close KAPA so we will comply,” NBI 7 director Tomas Enrile said in an interview about an hour before the KAPA office in Compostela town, northern Cebu was raided.
The KAPA was damaged after it was set on fire by unidentified men last Saturday dawn.
“There is coordination between the police and the NBI 7. Definitely we will implement the order. The President is correct when he said “where can you find an investment that gives you 30 percent return of your capital a month?” asked Enrile.
Enrile said all KAPA offices in the country will be shut down upon the President’s order.
Duterte issued the order last Saturday, the same day that the office of KAPA in Compostela town, northern Cebu was set ablaze by at least 10 armed men.
The perpetrators also took the cellphones, laptops and other personal belongings of the 21 stay-in workers.
A vault containing an undetermined amount of money was also carted away by the culprits.
Police Brig. Gen. Debold Sinas, director of Police Regional Office in Central Visayas, said investigators are looking into the possibility that what happened was an inside job.
“Before exploring other motives, we will first check if this is an inside job. How come the perpetrators knew that there was money in the office? And how did they know where the vault was kept? “ said Sinas.
Sinas previously threatened to relieve personnel of PRO 7 who will be caught investing in KAPA.
Most of the investors being recruited by KAPA are government workers suchs teachers, firemen, and jail officers.
Meanwhile, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma advised the public to be careful when investing especially in schemes that that offer “to good to be true” returns.
“Some people have ways to use schemes to fool other people so let us be careful about joining investments or being gullible about joining certain offers,” the prelate said.
Palma also called on authorities to help prevent the public from falling prey to investment scams. (Calvin Cordova)