TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Oct. 11 (PIA) -- Amid the uproar brought about by the financial investment fraud in Bohol which managed to ferret over P300 million from its victims, a key national investigator urged the victims to file an official complaint. 

"To those who were victims of this REPA SCAM.  This is what you should do - go to the nearest NBI office or the Philippine National Police (PNP) Criminal Investigation Detection Group and file your complaint in writing," said former National Bureau of Investigaton (NBI) Director and now San Miguel Mayor Virgilio Mendez. 

Mendez said victims must ask for a complaint form, read it carefully, cite the facts leading to the scam, put the dates and places when they made transactions with anybody from the repa officers, staff or their representatives, and submit certified photocopies of any document to establish their transaction.

While Mendez did not mention about immediate recovery of the investment, he stressed that complainants must keep the original documents for a start. 

This should include of any document to establish the transaction like terms or agreements, deposit slips or money transfer transactions, identification cards or photos of the repa officers, and their office or online addesses.   

He said this makes the complaint official and allows law enforcement agencies to initiate investigations. 

Over a month ago, a Boholano in Manila sounded the alarm about the repa scam, but was bashed for interfering in a livelibood of those who claimed to be earning a living.

The whistle blower, Willy Ramasola, was subject of vicious attacks online for his alleged intrusion.

Recently, when the repa scam collapsed, hundreds of victims went to Camp Dahohoy Bohol Police Headquarters, in the hope of pressuring the law enforcers to arrest the suspects who were nowhere to be found.  (RAHC/PIA7 Bohol)