{"id":777006845,"date":"2023-07-03T09:36:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T12:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777006845"},"modified":"2026-04-22T20:26:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:26:58","slug":"pagcor-issues-order-against-raided-offshore-gaming-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-issues-order-against-raided-offshore-gaming-firm","title":{"rendered":"PAGCOR issues order against raided offshore gaming firm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The offshore gaming firm in Las Pi\u00f1as City has been linked to human trafficking and cryptocurrency scams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.-&nbsp;The <strong>Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR)<\/strong>&nbsp;has issued a show cause order against Xinchuang Network Technology. It has ordered it to detail a defence as to why it should not cancel its Certificate of Accreditation and Authority to Operate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company in Las Pi\u00f1as City was raided last week and is suspected of human trafficking offences. PAGCOR has ordered it to <strong>immediately halt all offshore gaming activities&nbsp;<\/strong>until an investigation conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP) is concluded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the raid,&nbsp;<strong>law enforcement rescued a total of 1,534 Filipinos and over 1,000 foreign nationals&nbsp;<\/strong>hailing from countries including China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Singapore. The foreign nationals were subsequently handed over to their respective embassies for appropriate custody.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police seized computer units, SIM cards, cellular phones, and passports, all of which will undergo forensic examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alejandro H. Tengco<\/strong>, chairman and CEO of PAGCOR, said: &#8220;We condemn all criminal activities that violate Philippine laws and human rights \u2013 regardless of nationality. As we have always said before, PAGCOR will not hesitate to impose sanctions on erring licensees and accredited service providers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Similarly, we will continue to cooperate with our partner law enforcement agencies to ensure that responsible and regulated gaming is observed.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-finance-secretary-wants-pogo-ban-despite-potential-revenue-loss\" target=\"_blank\">Philippine finance secretary wants POGO ban despite potential revenue loss<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The offshore gaming firm in Las Pi\u00f1as City has been linked to human trafficking and cryptocurrency scams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":34645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"PAGCOR has issued a show cause order against Xinchuang Network Technology, mandating an immediate halt to its offshore gaming operations in Las Pi\u00f1as City following a raid linked to suspected human trafficking and cryptocurrency scams. The regulatory action, which could lead to the cancellation of its operating license, underscores PAGCOR's commitment to enforcing compliance and condemning criminal activities within the Philippine iGaming sector.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), Xinchuang Network Technology, Philippine National Police (PNP), Alejandro H. Tengco","focusai_location":"Philippines, Las Pi\u00f1as City, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Ban Impact?","query":"What is the projected economic impact on the Philippine treasury and employment if the proposed POGO ban, as advocated by the finance secretary, is fully implemented following this incident?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Gaps?","query":"What specific enhancements to PAGCOR's B2B\/B2C licensing and governance frameworks are being considered to prevent similar instances of human trafficking and cryptocurrency scams within accredited offshore gaming firms?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[405],"class_list":["post-777006845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-pagcor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777006845"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777006871,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006845\/revisions\/777006871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777006845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777006845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777006845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}