BDO: Withdrawals made from account of viral passbook holder valid

BDO Unibank Inc. on Monday said withdrawals made under the account of Gleen Cañete, who went viral online after saying some P345,000 was taken from his account, were found to be valid.

In a statement, BDO said it has been able to account for the withdrawals that were recounted by Cañete in a now-deleted video he posted online, saying that it was only a passbook account, and that there were no online accounts and cards associated with it.

“Please be informed that in the recent passbook incident as narrated by Mr. Gleen Cañete in his social media account, BDO has been able to account for the withdrawals that caused stress to Mr. Cañete,” the lender said.

“All withdrawals done by the account holder online were verified to be valid. Mr. Cañete advised BDO that they will resolve matters within their family,” it added. Further details were not provided.

Cañete, in a Facebook post uploaded on Friday, said he deleted the video where he detailed the withdrawals made from his account, as he has already talked with the bank.

“Good morning, sorry po, need ko po delated [sic] video naka usap na po namin. Okey na po lahat salamat po (Good morning, sorry, I needed to delete the video since we have already talked. All is well, thank you),” he said.

In a succeeding post, Cañete said he could not disclose all the details, as he said he recorded the video to express his grievances on social media.

“Sa lahat ng nakisimpatiya at nag-share, nanood ng video at (concerned) sa nangyari, malaking bagay po sa akin ang inyong pagdamay, pero sa ngayon hindi ko masabi sa inyo bawat (detalye) pero nakipag-ugnayan na ako sa bangko,” he said.

“Pasensya na po kayong lahat kailangan ko muna unahin ang pamilya. Pasensya na kayo nakapag-video ako dahil sa sobrang sakit ng naramdaman ko, di ko mapigilang maglabas sa social media. Basta kung may mga problema kayo sa katulad sa akin, makipag-ugnayan kayo sa tamang ahensya at ‘wag kayo matakot dahil karapatan natin lahat ‘yan. Maraming maraming salamat sa inyong simpatiya,” he added.

(To all those who sympathized, shared, and watched the video and were concerned with what happened, your sympathy means a lot to me. For now I cannot share all the details, but I have already coordinated with the bank.

I’m sorry to you all, I need to put my family first. I’m sorry that I took a video because of my hurt feelings, I could not stop myself from expressing myself on social media. If you have a problem like mine, coordinate with the proper agency, and do not be afraid because that is our right. Thank you very much for your sympathy.) —RF, GMA Integrated News