# Maya Takes Part in Philippine Justice Department’s Scam-Fighting Effort

By Riza Dagoc

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Published: 2026-11-06T05:12:13.000Z
Updated: 2026-11-06T05:12:13.000Z
Section: Regulation

> The group is tasked with setting up channels to trace scam proceeds, coordinate verification among institutions and freeze accounts linked to fraud. AFASA is Republic Act No. 12010.

Maya, a Philippine digital finance platform, has joined a justice department working group charged with coordinating responses to financial-account scams and tracing their proceeds across institutions.

The Philippine Department of Justice (DOJ) convened the Technical Working Group on Financial Cybercrime Concerns. Its members include the DOJ Office of Cybercrime, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Department of Trade and Industry, the National Telecommunications Commission, telecommunications providers and financial institutions.

The group is tasked with establishing channels to trace fraudulent funds, coordinate verification between institutions and freeze accounts linked to illicit activity. The work is part of efforts to carry out the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (AFASA), enacted as Republic Act No. 12010.

AFASA gives the BSP and partner financial entities statutory authority to halt suspicious digital transactions, combat money-mule networks and speed up cybercrime investigations.

At the DOJ’s CyberReady Campus Tour at the University of the Philippines Diliman, Kristoffer Rada, Maya’s head of corporate affairs, said, “Laws and plans work when we can put them into practice.”

Maya also works with the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center through its Scam Safe initiative, alongside industry efforts involving the Philippine National Police and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company advises customers to check merchant credentials before authorizing payments and says financial institutions do not ask for one-time PINs or passwords.

Maya’s account tools let customers review active login sessions, adjust transfer limits and freeze linked payment cards when they detect irregular activity.