The two suspects arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Monday following reports of a scam designed to bilk beneficiaries of thousands of pesos in remittances from abroad, told authorities that they simply acted on instructions of a former remittance firm employee who, at press time, remains at large.

During interrogation by the NBI, Arlene Galvan and Joshua Aron Estrellado, who were nabbed in separate sting operations, said that they were receiving instructions from one Jackilyn de Vera to assume fictitious names, present fake identification and pose as beneficiaries of money remitted from various countries through LMI Express Delivery and released by MLhuillier.

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