Six persons involved in an investment scam fell in an entrapment operation in Roxas City, Province of Capiz.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Capiz arrested a couple and another person who are all residents of Barangay Punta Taytay, Bacolod City; a person from Barangay Sum-ag, Bacolod City; and two from Roxas City.

NBI-Capiz Executive Officer John Katipunan said that in three days of operations in Roxas City, the group has already collected about P3 million from 35 investors.

The modus of the suspects is to offer the “double-your-money” scheme within 15 days.

NBI-Capiz disclosed that the suspects pointed to a detainee at the Bago City Jail in the Province of Negros Occidental as their mastermind. The investment scam is determined as the largest in the province after the operations of an entity dubbed “Chiyuto Creative Wealth and Document Facilitation Services” was stopped.

The suspects are facing charges for syndicated estafa in large scale and violation of Republic Act No. 8799 or the Securities Regulation Code. They are detained at NBI-Capiz, as of posting time.

NBI has reiterated a warning to the public to always be circumspect about investment offers.