Inside the dark world of Philippine scam centersThis handout photo taken on March 13, 2024 and received on July 18, 2024 from the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), shows devices used for scamming during a raid operations at a scam center in Bamban, province of Tarlac. In the Philippines, scam centers are often disguised as online gambling operations, which are mostly run by Chinese nationals and target people overseas. Five have been raided since last year, with several thousand foreigners repatriated, expelled or charged, Casio told AFP at his office inside one of the scam centers targeted. Authorities have frozen assets belonging to Guo and others linked to the scam center, including 90 bank accounts, properties, luxury vehicles and a helicopter. Casio fears Guo may try to evade arrest by changing her appearance at one of the clandestine hospitals set up by scam centers to treat their workers.

Source: Philippine Star July 25, 2024 21:49 UTC