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Group Activity: Records of violating RA 7832
“Anti- electricity and Electric Transmission Line/Materials Pilferage Act of 1994”
Group 3 Members:
Apus, Sunny Anthony
Cabungcal, Jessa Rose
Canaway, Fritz
Daguplo, Nicolas Miguel
Degamo, Justine Dave
Generale, Mark Jemuel
Gordonas, Paul Andrei
Mahinay, Dominick
Sumilla, Joshua
Instructor:
Engr. John Rey Bajuyo
Case 1: A 47-year-old man was arrested for the violation of Anti-Electricy Pilferage Act if 1994.
Rady Galofin, a resident of Barangay Sooc, Arevalo, Iloilo City, was caught in the act trying
to “reconnect” his power line. Jonnifer Launio, 28, roving guard of MORE Power and Electric
Corporation, At around 3:10 p.m. of August 8, Launio claimed that he was on roving duty in Sooc
village when he saw the suspect holding a knife and cutting the wire that was directly connected to
the secondary line of MORE Power. Launio's technical team wherein they confirmed that the wire
was illegally cut to attach to his house with disconnected power supply. The suspect was detained
and will also face a criminal charge for violation of RA 7832.
~ https://www.dailyguardian.com.ph/woman-nabbed-over-electricity-pilferage-raps/
Case 2: A 33-year-old woman was arrested after she was formally charged for electrify theft.
Evan Mapa Bernarte was nabbed at her home at Barangay Poblacion, Molo, Iloilo City around
8:40 a.m. of August 11. Members of Iloilo City Police Station 4 and Iloilo City Police Office-City
Intelligence Unit implemented the arrest warrant for violation of Republic Act 7832 or the AntiPilferage Law of 1994 docketed as Criminal Case No. 22-87790. Judge Emerald Requina-Contreras
of the Regional Trial Court Branch 23, Iloilo City issued the arrest on Aug. 9, 2022. A P72,000 bail
was recommended for her temporary liberty.
~ https://www.dailyguardian.com.ph/woman-nabbed-over-electricity-pilferage-raps/
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Case 3: Porfirio Samarista, arrested for violating RA 7832.
In violation of RA 7832 resulted in the arrest of Porfirio Samarista, of 8080-F Honradez St.,
Barangay Olympia, Makati City, who was caught illegally tapping electricity from a Meralco line by
a joint team of police operatives led by P02 Renato de Guzman and Meralco inspection personnel.
Investigation showed that Meralco received reports that Samarista had regularly been tapping a
Meralco line. The suspect would connect his wires every day at 2 p.m. then remove the illegal
connections in the morning to avoid detection. It was also learned that the suspect owes Meralco more
than P17,000 for a previous violation. Samarista faces imprisonment as provided for under RA 7832.
~ https://www.philstar.com/metro/2002/02/03/149286/man-caught-stealing-electricity-convicted
Case 4: Rudy Cecilio, imprisoned for violating RA 7832.
The Manila Regional Trial Court convicted a person caught reconnecting electric service lines
disconnected by the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) in violation of Republic Act 7832 or the
Anti-Electricity Pilferage Law. Judge Artemio Tipon found Rudy Cecilio of Tondo, Manila, guilty
beyond reasonable doubt of illegally tapping Meralco lines and sentenced him to six years
imprisonment and a P10,000 fine. Their surveillance resulted in the arrest of Cecilio, who was caught
reconnecting the wires earlier disconnected by the electric company. The accused tried to escape but
was collared before he could get away. Confiscated from him were wires and other paraphernalia
used in tapping Meralco lines.
~ https://www.philstar.com/metro/2002/02/03/149286/man-caught-stealing-electricityconvicted#:~:text=The%20Manila%20Regional%20Trial%20Court,the%20Anti%2DElectricity%2
0Pilferage%20Law.
Case 5: Cotabato Light warns clients vs. power
pilferage.
Arlene Valdez-Hepiga, speaking for Cotabato
Light, said Friday the power utility strictly abides by
Republic Act No. 7832 or the “The Anti-Electric
Transmission Lines / Materials Pilferage Act of 1994".
She said the Cotabato Light is intensifying its pilferage
apprehension campaign against those who tamper,
mutilate and steal power from Cotabato Light. As of
April, the Cotabato Light and the city police office
apprehended at least 97 clients and they are required to
pay the stolen electricity and face criminal charges in court under R.A. 7832. Hepiga said the Cotabato
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Light is repeatedly appealing to power customers to refrain from doing any electric pilferage to avoid
facing criminal charges in the future. In a separate statement, the power firm warned that illegal
connection might trigger conflagration, “as it is also unfair to other consumers who religiously pay
electric bills.” The firm, however, did not divulge its losses from pilferage in 2020 or during the first
quarter of 2021.
~ https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1139447
Case 6: Man gets 8 years prison term for installing jumper (February 07, 2018).
The Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 16 convicted an unlicensed electrician after he was
found guilty of tampering an electric meter on Quirino Avenue corner Camus Street in Davao City
four years ago. Charged with violation of the Republic Act 7832, otherwise known as The AntiElectricity and Electric Transmission Lines/Material Pilferage Act of 1994, is Romeo Obusa Elisan
Jr. In a decision of the RTC Branch 16, Presiding Judge Emmanuel Carpio sentenced the accused to
a maximum of eight years and one day, medium period of prison mayor after he was proven guilty.
The decision was handed down on January 26, 2018, Friday. The court ruled that the evidence
presented by the prosecution was appropriate to prove the guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
~ https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/417880/man-gets-8-years-prison-term-for-installing-jumper
Case 7: Daneco-CDA Consumers To Face Charges For Violating RA 7832 (August 16, 2014).
Rival Lawyer Says TAGUM CITY – Member-consumers of Davao del Norte Electric
Cooperative under the Cooperative Development Authority faction (Daneco-CDA) would be charged
criminally for “illegal reconnection” of their lines at the time the faction took over management of
Daneco. On Friday, Atty. Jeorge Rapista of the National Electrification Administration faction of
Daneco warned that criminal charges would filed against them Republic Act 7832 or the AntiPilferage Act of 1994. “From now on criminal cases would be filed against those who performed the
illegal reconnection and those who allowed and authorized the commission of the same,” Rapista said
in an interview. Rapista said that “member-consumers will be arrested if caught in the act or in
flagrante delicto”. He added that continued payment to Daneco-CDA “because of threat of
disconnection is not only illogical but also it is not a legally acceptable justification”.
~ https://davaotoday.com/economy/daneco-cda-consumers-face-charges-violating-ra-7832rival-lawyer-says/
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Case 8 : Meter deformation, tampering, and misalignment in violation of R.A. 7832.
Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) vs. Atty. P.M. Castillo, doing business under the
trade name and style of Permanent Light Manufacturing Enterprises, et al. Pablito M. Castillo and
Guia S. Castillo are spouses engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling fluorescent fixtures,
office steel cabinets and related metal fabrications under the name and style of Permanent Light
Manufacturing Enterprises (Permanent Light). On March 2, 1994, the Board of Trustees of the
Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) approved the award to Permanent Light of a contract
for the supply and installation of 1,200 units of lateral steel filing cabinets worth P7,636,800. On
April 19, 1994, Joselito Ignacio and Peter Legaspi, Fully Phased Inspectors of petitioner Meralco,
sought permission to inspect Permanent Light's electric meter and found that the terminal seal was
deformed, its meter seal was covered with fake lead, and the 100th dial pointer was misaligned.
Ignacio concluded that the meter was tampered with and electric supply to Permanent Light was
immediately disconnected.
~ https://www.chanrobles.com/cralaw/2013januarydecisions.php?id=75
Case 9: Hotel told to pay P38.9M for pilfered power.
The Energy Regulatory Commission has found Waterfront Cebu City Casino Hotel, Inc. liable
for illegal use of electricity and ordered it to pay P38,916,808 to the Visayan Electric Company, Inc.
due to an altered metering facility.
~ https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/102361/veco-files-p168-m-pilferage-case-vs-waterfront-hotel
Case 10: Individual charged with theft of NGCP tower parts in Bataan.
Rodolfo Malang, a private lot caretaker from Abucay, Bataan, was found guilty of the storage
and possession of stolen steel angular bars, braces, bolts, and nuts as well as several other tower parts
found in the nipa hut he was residing in, and the Regional Trial Court of Balanga, Bataan ordered him
to pay a fine of PhP 50,000.00. These components were discovered to be missing from Tower 85 of
the Hermosa-Limay 230kV Line of NGCP following an inspection by NGCP security officers.
~ https://ngcp.ph/article?cid=15690
Case 11: Davao Light intensifies campaign against pilferers (August 11, 2022).
Rodger Velasco, Davao Light President and chief operating officer (COO), said in a press
conference on Wednesday, August 10 electric pilferage or the action of stealing electrical connection
is a criminal act under Republic Act (RA) No. 7832 or the “The Anti-Electric Transmission
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Lines/Materials Pilferage Act of 1994". After
apprehending 10-meter tamperers a month, THE Davao
Light and Power Company (Davao Light) is stepping up
its campaign against anyone who tamper with an electric
meter. The Republic Act (RA) No. 7832, also known as
the "Anti-Electric Transmission Lines/Materials
Pilferage Act of 1994," prohibits the theft of electrical
connections, according to Rodger Velasco, president and
chief operating officer (COO) of Davao Light, who stated
this in a press conference on Wednesday, August 10. 7832. Any theft committed by one of our
customers or by another is illegal, Velasco stated at the weekly press conference for Habi at Kape.
He stated that residential areas are where the majority of cases are reported, although he did not
specify any particular locations.
~ https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1937507/davao/local-news/davao-light-intesifies-campaignagainst-pilferers
Case 12: Coop cuts power from mayor's house in Abra.
The Abra Electric Cooperative has cut off power supply from the residence of Dolores town,
Abra mayor Robert Victor Seares Jr. for allegedly using a jumper device to reduce his electric bills
for at least three years. This is part of the cooperative's efforts to send a strong message to its 47,000
consumer-members in the province. Abreco officials said the mayor is not being singled out because
they will be cutting off the power from residences and establishments that are using illegal devices as
well. The local electric cooperative has for several times attempted to disconnect the mayor’s
electricity, but failed because their linemen were barred from entering his property.
~ https://www.philstar.com/nation/2013/02/18/910351/coop-cuts-power-mayors-house-abra
Case 13: Copper Pilferage, as the Bangayans name was dummy.
More than two years had passed since the raid on a building in Dagat-Dagatan, Caloocan City,
on July 19, 2007, during which more than 450 kilograms of copper wires of various types and eight
Meralco meter bases were seized. Meralco learned that the building's premises were being used to
store copper cables and other items that belonged to them. Tan and his friends were accused of
breaking RA 7832, which forbids anybody from holding any electric power, transmission
line/material, or meter in their possession, custody, or control without the owner's permission,
whether or not the action is carried out for financial advantage. Tan immediately denied that he was
the defendant in the case and produced documentation to show that he was David Bangayan, but he
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did not deny that he was one of the people who owned the items discovered on the property. As they
were in the business of buying and selling scrap metal, which includes ferrous metals like copper
wires, for export to other nations, he further asserted that the items had been illegally acquired.
~ https://doj.gov.ph/news_article.html?newsid=615
Case 14: A caretaker found guilty after steeling tower parts missing from tower 85.
The Regional Trial Court of Balanga, Bataan ordered Rodolfo Malang, a private lot caretaker
from Abucay, Bataan, to pay a fine of PhP 50,000.00 after the court found him guilty of the storage
and possession of stolen steel angular bars, braces, bolts and nuts, and several other tower parts found
in the nipa hut he was residing in. These parts were found missing from Tower 85 of NGCP’s
Hermosa-Limay 230kV Line after an inspection was conducted by NGCP's security personnel.
~ https://www.ngcp.ph/Article?cid=15690
Case 15: BFP urges residents to strictly monitor electrical connections.
An official from the Bureau of Fire Protection-Davao
Region (BFP-Davao) ordered the strict monitoring of electrical
connections within barangays, especially in the slums, after
noticing illegal connections in these areas. BFP-Davao Chief
Inspector Alex Pamaybay on Friday, March 12, 2021, said based
on the recent fire incidents, these are a result of electrical
problems. The fire marshall said he noticed some houses have
"flying connections," which is a violation of Republic Act No. 7832, otherwise known as the AntiPilferage of Electricity and Theft of Electric Transmission Lines/Materials Act of 1994. Flying
connection is the “extension of electric lines from the house of a registered consumer to another
house.”
~ https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1888780/davao/local-news/bfp-urges-residents-tostrictly-monitor-electrical-connections
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Case 16: Chinese nabbed for theft of power line parts in Ormoc.
ORMOC CITY — A Chinese national, who owns a junk shop here, is
facing charges for theft of parts of overhead power lines. The suspect was
identified as William Sy, 30, and a native of Fuqing, China, who has been
living in Barangay San Isidro here. Sy was temporarily detained at the lockedup cell at the police station 3 in Barangay Linao pending resolution of the
complaints for violation of Republic Act 7832 and Anti-Fencing Law.
~ https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/865277/chinese-nabbed-for-theft-of-power-line-parts-in-ormoc
Case 17: Fearless Man in Electrical Post Illegally Tapping Jumper
A man was caught on camera tapping series of jumpers, a form of
stealing electricity and a burden for most electrical companies. Nowadays,
electricity is considered the blood of the industry enabling companies to do
their job easier and faster. Without electricity, the establishments could not
perform their job properly since most machines rely to the power supply
provided by electric companies. he culprit could be jailed for violating the
Republic Act No. 7832 (Anti-Electricity Pilferage Act of 1994). The illegal
jumper is also one of the major causes of fire and electrical troubles leading
to accidents.
~ https://philnews.ph/2018/11/13/fearless-man-electrical-post-illegally-tapping-jumpers-caughcamera/
Case 18: Three persons was caught stealing electricity using cable jumpers.
The suspects were arrested due to allegedly stealing electricity in an electric post, a resident
of Brgy. Zamora, Iloilo City. They were caught pulling and cutting electric jumper cables in their
respective house. Assorted wires and cords are still in their possession, later on recovered by the
authorities.
~ https://www.dailyguardian.com.ph/three-persons-caught-stealing-electricity-using-jumpercables/
Case 19: Man gets 8 years of imprisonment for tampering an electric meter.
An unlicensed electrician was found guilty in violating the RA 7832 of tampering an electric
meter in Davao City. Evidence showed he is not connected to DLPC, has no permission or authority
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to tinker electric meters and he also received payment to tinker with DLPC’s electrical seal. He was
caught in flagrante delicto by police operatives through an entrapment operation, tinkering and
installing jumper wires in the electric meter owned by the DLPC.
~ https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/417880/man-gets-8-years-prison-term-for-installing-jumper
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Case 20: Employee arrested for stealing and selling Company’s cable wires through online.
An employee was caught selling the fiber optic cable and wires via online in Sta. Maria,
Bulacan. Accused of stealing from a fiber optic cable and copper wire company he works and later
on was arrested.
~ https://philnews.ph/2021/02/02/employee-arrested-after-caught-selling-companys-cable-wireonline/
Case 21: Police caught three men in act of stealing cable wires in Bacolod.
Three persons were arrested in the act stealing cable wires with a worth of Php 105,000 in
Lacson Street, Brgy. 9, Bacolod City. Supposedly, policemen were conducting visibility patrol around
the said area and spotted the three suspects allegedly cutting copper wires of a telecommunications
firm, confiscated saw and tricycle along with the assorted copper wire.
~ https://mb.com.ph/2023/1/13/police-catch-three-men-in-act-of-stealing-cable-wires-in-bacolod
Case 22: Muntinlupa LGU- Stealing streetlight wires punishable by law.
Muntinlupa authorities arrested a who was stealing copper wires from a lamppost. It was said
that the copper wire and cables were sold, the suspect targeted the lamppost which does not function
well and even it is more functional. The suspect face more than 6 years of imprisonment and evidences
laid are strongly heavy against the offender.
~ https://www.philstar.com/nation/2022/12/10/2229761/9-held-cable-wire-theft
Case 23: Two men caught stealing power cable lines in Jones Bridge
Ermita.
Authorities encounter two person stealing power cable at the
foot bridge, recovered a used cutter and an improvised knife that can
easily cut the insulator. Both were allegedly connected to series of
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stealing in their respective barangays. Suspects are related to robbery cases in stealing five
smartphones from COVID-19 patients in Naga City.
~ https://philnews.ph/2021/05/19/2-men-arrested-after-caught-stealing-power-cables-injones-bridge/
Case 24: Man caught stealing electricity convicted.
The Manila Regional Trial Court convicted a person caught reconnecting electric service lines
disconnected by the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) in violation of Republic Act 7832 or the
Anti-Electricity Pilferage Law. Judge Artemio Tipon found Rudy Cecilio of Tondo, Manila, guilty
beyond reasonable doubt of illegally tapping Meralco lines and sentenced him to six years
imprisonment and a P10,000 fine.
~ https://www.philstar.com/metro/2002/02/03/149286/man-caught-stealing-electricity-convicted
Case 25: Landbank, 3 others charged for pilferage.
The Benguet Electric Cooperative (BENECO) filed charges before the city prosecutor’s office
against the management of the Landbank of the Philippines and three other individuals for alleged
violation of the pertinent provisions of Republic Act (RA) 7832 otherwise known as the AntiElectricity and Electric Transmission Lines/Materials Pilferage Act of 1994. Records show that the
bank located along Marcos highway has not paid its electric bill in the months of November 2021,
December 2021 and January 2022.
~ https://baguioheraldexpressonline.com/landbank-3-others-charged-for-pilferage/r
Case 26: 3 linemen ‘extorting’ money for power restoration nabbed in Cebu.
Three linemen were arrested in an
entrapment operation after they were caught
asking money for the restoration of power lines
destroyed by Typhoon Odette in December, the
National Bureau of Investigation in Central
Visayas (NBI-7). The suspects will be charged
with violation of Republic Act 7832 or the AntiPilferage of Electricity and Theft of Electric
Transmission Lines/Materials Act of 1994, in
relation to Article 8 of the Revised Penal Code
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(RPC) on conspiracy. Another charge would be in violation of Article 318 of the RPC on other deceits
in relation to Article 8 of the same Code.
~ https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1166536
~ https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1546733/3-face-raps-for-extortion-during-power-restoration-work-intyphoon-hit-cebu
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