BSP credits anti-financial scam law in boosting anti-drive drive

MANILA, Philippines —Sen. Mark A. Villar welcomed a report from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) that the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (AFASA), of which he was the principal author and sponsor, had given a major boost to the government’s campaign against online scams and financial fraud. Villar, who chairs the Senate Committee on Banks,