25-yr.-old woman in Baguio nabbed for selling cash cards online

Baguio City, Philippines - Under the newly enacted Philippine law (Republic Act No. 12010), selling cash cards is now illegal in the country.

Such an act recently led to the arrest of a 25-year-old woman in Baguio City. 

On June 16, 2025, operatives from the Cordillera Anti-Cybercrime Unit who posed as buyers caught alias “Angie” selling Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards online. 

The arrest, according to the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group’s report, took place around 5:35 p.m. on said day. 

The illegal sale involved ATM cards linked to financial accounts, which is punishable under RA 12010, otherwise known as the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (AFASA) of 2024. 

Said law aims to prevent the use of financial accounts for cybercrimes, scams, or to hide the identity of criminals. 

Since the selling of the ATM cards was done online, Angie also violated RA 10175, or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, which led the regional anti-cybercrime operatives to conduct the entrapment operation. 

The suspect is now in police custody for proper disposition and documentation.