ROXAS City – The Office of the City Prosecutor here gave the so-called chief executive officer of the 25 days double your money investment scheme 10 days to file her counter-affidavit.
Junelyn Obamos Gregorio alias “Madam O” of San Jose Ville, Barangay Tiza here has been charged with syndicated estafa.
She was arrested in an entrapment operation of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on March 3 in an apartment in Molo, Iloilo City.
A day after her arrest, an inquest proceeding at the Iloilo City Prosecutor’s Office on Gregorio and several co-accused was held.
Prior to her arrest, NBI-6 confirmed having arrested an associate of Gregorio in an entrapment operation in Roxas City, Acquiles Grecia.
Aside from Gregorio and Grecia, NBI-6 also charged with estafa their other suspected associate Arnel Gimoto whose whereabouts as of this writing remained unknown.
Some 30 investors in Gregorio’s investment scheme complained last month not having received their money that Gregoro promised to return.
The investors got worried and demanded their money back after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) moved against a similar investment scheme in Roxas City.
Gregorio failed to keep a promise to return her investors’ money by Feb. 20. She did not show up in the agreed venue.
Gregorio had not been seen in Roxas City since that day.
Early in February, there were unconfirmed reports that Gregorio’s house was strafed.
The 25 days double your money scheme reportedly started just this December 2020./PN
