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Practice question: Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (RA 12010, Secs. 3–5 and 16–21)

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

One offender completes a Section 4 social-engineering scheme against three persons. No second offender is involved. Which is sound regarding the economic-sabotage classification?
  1. The three-or-more-victims alternative may apply even without three conspirators.
  2. Three offenders are required under every alternative.
  3. A single offender can never commit economic sabotage.
  4. Only use of a mass mailer can trigger the classification.
  5. The number of victims is statutorily irrelevant.

Legal references

  • RA 12010, Sections 3-5 and 16, AFASA definitions, separate offenses and penalties: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2024/ra_12010_2024.html

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