{"id":11110,"date":"2025-01-09T02:03:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=11110"},"modified":"2025-01-09T02:07:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:07:03","slug":"rufa-mae-quinto-surrenders-to-nbi-over-investment-scam-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2025\/01\/09\/rufa-mae-quinto-surrenders-to-nbi-over-investment-scam-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"RUFA MAE QUINTO SURRENDERS TO NBI OVER INVESTMENT SCAM ALLEGATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>ACTRESS and comedienne Rufa Mae Quinto on Wednesday surrendered to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to face the charges&nbsp; of her alleged involvement in an investment scam.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>This after a Pasay court issued a warrant for her arrest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>NBI agents met Quinto upon her arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) from San Francisco, California, with her family, at around 5 a.m. on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:image {\"id\":11112,\"width\":\"840px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"494\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mr1cnw1t.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11112\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mr1cnw1t.png 494w, https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mr1cnw1t-300x273.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\"><\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>She was escorted to face an arrest warrant issued by the court.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The actress-comedienne is facing 14 counts of alleged violations of the Securities Regulation Code.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to NAIA &#8211; NBI chief Jimmy De Leon, Quinto&#8217;s lawyer coordinated with the NBI for her voluntary surrender.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quinto underwent a medico-legal examination before being brought to the Pasay court.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>She is facing a case in relation to the issue of Dermacare, the same company involved in the arrest of actress-entrepreneur&nbsp;Neri Naig.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quinto went to the NBI with her lawyer, Mary Louise Reyes, before being brought to the Pasay Regional Trial Court, where an arrest warrant for 14 counts of violating Section 8 of the Securities Regulation Code was issued.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The provision prohibits individuals from acting as brokers or associated persons unless registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The actress earlier denied involvement in the alleged investment scam tied to Dermacare-Beyond Skin Care Solutions, claiming she was merely an endorser and did not engage in solicitation activities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;She will face those charges. Mag-voluntary surrender siya and magpo-post po kami ng bail for that. She&#8217;s worried kasi hindi naman totoo &#8216;yung allegations kasi my client po is just a brand ambassador, a model-endorser,&#8221; Reyes said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Ni hindi sa kanya nakapagbayad ng downpayment, tapos &#8216;yung mga tseke po puro tumalbog. Lahat po &#8216;yan hawak naman po namin &#8216;yung ebidensya, ipe-present namin sa court,&#8221; the lawyer added.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACTRESS and comedienne Rufa Mae Quinto on Wednesday surrendered to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to face the charges&nbsp; of her alleged involvement in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,17],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/a3zx5kkx.png",717,543,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/a3zx5kkx-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/a3zx5kkx-300x227.png",300,227,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/a3zx5kkx.png",640,485,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/a3zx5kkx.png",640,485,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/a3zx5kkx.png",717,543,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/a3zx5kkx.png",717,543,false],"kreeti-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/a3zx5kkx.png",717,543,false],"kreeti-featured":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/a3zx5kkx.png",717,543,false],"kreeti-medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/a3zx5kkx-717x530.png",717,530,true],"kreeti-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/a3zx5kkx-350x350.png",350,350,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/category\/metro\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Metro<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/category\/top-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Top News<\/a>","tag_info":"Top News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11110"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11115,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11110\/revisions\/11115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}