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Philippines digs deep into get-rich-quick schemes

Rappler.com

GET 'EM. Victims appeal to the police to arrest those behind the Aman Futures Group.Over 44 officers and members of the Aman Futures, a Malaysian-led group alleged to have duped more than 15,000 victims in Visayas and Mindanao, face a preliminary investigation by the Department of Justice on November 21. The case stemmed from complaints lodged at the National Bureau of Investigation by over 50 investors who stand to lose their life savings in the double-your-money scheme that went bust. The Aman saga is the latest in the long list of scams that have duped thousands of Filipinos, some of them lured by friends and family, or are not familiar enough with safer but more complex financial securities.  


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