The National Bureau of Investigation arrested social media personality and Peanut Gallery Media Network (PGMN) founder Franco Mabanta and four others for allegedly trying to extort P350 million from Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez, on May 6, 2026. The suspect allegedly claimed to possess videos implicating Romualdez in the flood control scandal and pressed him to pay P350 million or face the release of the said videos via Peanut Gallery Media Network, which Mabanta founded. The suspect was arrested after receiving P300 million in marked money.
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Naipasidong iti inquest proceedings ni Peanut Gallery Media Network founder Franco Mabanta ken uppat pay a kakakaduana seknan iti reklamo a robbery ken extortion kontra kenni sigud a Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez.


Sigun iti National Bureau of Investigation, maibagbaga a mapapati a pinadas iti grupo nga agkiddaw iti P300 milion kasukat iti saan a panangiruar iti mapapati a video a mainaig kenni Romualdez iti naanomalyaan a flood control projects.


Pinaglibakan met ni Mabanta ti akusasion ken kinunana a maysa laeng daytoy a “setup.”


Kinunana a nakasaganada a paneknekan ti kina-inosenteda.

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