After the real Bikoy revealed himself as Peter Joemel Advincula, netizens started to investigate on the background of the whistleblower and they found out that there’s a post about him one year before he appeared in public.
Netizen Jem Honghong, on August 12, 2018, warned his friends on Facebook about Advincula, saying that she was scammed by the latter.
“Siya po si Peter Joemel Advincula. Ang eksperto sa panloloko, panggagantso at panlalamang sa kapwa tao! Ako po ang mismong biktima! Pakikalat po ang post na ito. Maraming salamat po.” Honghong said in her post.
Source: Jem Honghong
When her friends asked what’s happening, Honghong didn’t hesitate to narrate how Advincula allegedly stole all their money.
According to Honghong, Advincula swindled the funds of a pageant where she participated held at Bicol University.
“Yung panggatos sa pageant kagbe. Kinulimbat lahat! Pati yung sa awards at sa mga nanalo. Lahat lahat pambayad sa Artista, Soundsystem, sa Event Place. Lahat lahat!” Honghong said in her post.
She also repeated the same story to her other friends who asked her about Advincula.
A netizen also tried to defend Advincula from the accusations of Honghong.
“hndi naman cia ung nang scam sainio ..na biktima nga din cia,” Abbie Buenafe told Honghong.
However, the friends of Honghong was not convinced that Advincula was innocent because the latter has gone missing before the event started.
“Kung wala siya kasalanan bakit wala siya magsimula at pagtapos ng event. At kung malinis konsensya niya bakit di siya pumunta doon sa venue at ipatigil ang pageant kung alam niya naman pala na walang perang pambayad.” Maria Jamela who’s a friend of Honghong told Buenafe.
“Ang galing po kasing mangbola kaya lahat kami napaniwala. Sobra effort yung ginawa namin para lang maging success yung event na yun.” Honghong said.
The thread was created 38 weeks before Advincula revealed himself as “Bikoy” in front of the media.
According to Advincula, he started hiding in August 2018, the same day when Honghong told her friends about the incident.
“Noong 2016, napalaya ako dahil sa good conduct allowance naisipan ko na magbagong buhay at nakahanap ako ng trabaho na legal at marangal, ngunit sa kasamaang palad sa isang pagtitipon ng aming kumpanya ay naging panauhin si Bong Go namukaan niya ako simula noon ay ginigipit na ako ng may ari ng kumpanya, hanggang sa isang araw ay sinabihan ako ng ka trabaho na mabuti ay umalis na ako dahil nanganganib na ang buhay ko,” Advincula said in a press conference held at Integrated Bar of the Philippines.
“Noong Agosto 2018, nag desisyon akong umalis at mag tago, nabuo na ang loob ko na isiwalat ang lahat ng alam ko tungkol sa sindikatong ito,” he added.