{"id":777015199,"date":"2024-05-03T09:38:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T12:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777015199"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:36:18","slug":"philippines-10-arrested-over-alleged-gambling-and-scam-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-10-arrested-over-alleged-gambling-and-scam-operations","title":{"rendered":"Philippines: 10 arrested over alleged gambling and scam operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chinese nationals were arrested in Para\u00f1aque City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Philippines.- Ten people have been arrested in a raid against alleged illegal gaming operations and online scams in Para\u00f1aque City.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-appoints-wilma-eisma-as-president-and-coo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR)<\/a>\u00a0reported that on May 2, the CIDG-NCR and PAGCOR arrested seven male and three female Chinese nationals at a house in Multinational Village, Para\u00f1aque.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspects were arrested on suspicion of violating the Anti Trafficking in Persons Act (RA 9208), Alien Registration Act (RA 562), and Cybercrime Prevention Act (RA 10175).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PAGCOR chairman and CEO\u00a0<strong>Alejandro H. Tengco<\/strong>\u00a0said: \u201cAs the country\u2019s gaming regulator,\u00a0it is our duty to\u00a0protect the public \u2013 especially the youth &#8212; from these illegal online gambling sites.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PAGCOR senior vice president<strong>\u00a0Raul Villanueva<\/strong>\u00a0said\u00a0those arrested had been part of a group that managed to escape during a raid in Bamban, Tarlac, in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-police-arrest-16-over-illegal-facebook-raffle\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Philippine police arrest 16 over illegal Facebook raffle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese nationals were arrested in Para\u00f1aque City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Ten Chinese nationals were arrested in Para\u00f1aque City, Philippines, for alleged illegal online gaming and scam operations, violating the Anti Trafficking in Persons Act, Alien Registration Act, and Cybercrime Prevention Act. This operation, led by PAGCOR and CIDG-NCR, underscores the ongoing regulatory efforts to combat illicit gambling activities and protect public interest. The suspects were reportedly part of a group that evaded a previous raid in Tarlac.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), CIDG-NCR, Alejandro H. Tengco, Raul Villanueva","focusai_location":"Para\u00f1aque City, Philippines, Bamban, Tarlac","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR enforcement strategy?","query":"What specific enhancements to PAGCOR's enforcement strategy are anticipated to further mitigate the proliferation of illegal online gaming operations in the Philippines?"},{"label":"Impact on POGO sector?","query":"How do these arrests and ongoing enforcement actions by PAGCOR impact the broader regulatory landscape and operational viability for legitimate POGO (Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator) licensees?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[405],"class_list":["post-777015199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-pagcor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015199","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=777015199"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777015226,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015199\/revisions\/777015226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777015199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777015199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777015199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}