{"id":777035626,"date":"2025-12-04T11:55:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T14:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777035626"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:19:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:19:24","slug":"cops-accused-of-stealing-php13m-from-pogo-seized-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cops-accused-of-stealing-php13m-from-pogo-seized-funds","title":{"rendered":"6 police officers accused of stealing funds seized from gambling operator in the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Seized cash was found to have been replaced with counterfeit bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)<\/strong> has placed six police<\/strong> officers<\/strong> under restrictive custody for allegedly stealing PHP13m<\/strong> ($230,000) from evidence seized during an October 2024 raid<\/strong> on a gambling operator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the DILG, a court ruled in November that the search unlawful and ordered the return of the seized cash to the property owners. However, when the evidence containers were opened, only PHP128m<\/strong> (US$2.25m) was present in genuine notes while there was PHP13m in counterfeit bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DILG Secretary Jonvic Remulla<\/strong> said the six officers accused include the evidence custodian. They have been charged with crimes, including qualified theft, malversation of public funds, falsification of documents, and possession of counterfeit treasury or bank notes. They are being held under restrictive custody pending further investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Influencers face possible legal action for promoting illegal online gambling in the Philippines<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seized cash was found to have been replaced with counterfeit bills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":12060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in the Philippines has placed six police officers under restrictive custody for allegedly stealing PHP13m ($230,000) from evidence seized during an October 2024 raid on a gambling operator. The genuine cash was reportedly replaced with counterfeit bills after a court ruled the initial search unlawful. The officers face charges including qualified theft and malversation of public funds, highlighting significant governance and enforcement integrity concerns.","focusai_entities":"Department of the Interior and Local Government, DILG, Jonvic Remulla","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.7), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.7), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Regulatory Trust?","query":"What are the DILG's immediate and long-term strategies to restore public and industry confidence in law enforcement integrity following this high-profile corruption case involving a gambling operator raid?"},{"label":"Jurisdictional Risk Assessment?","query":"How might this incident influence the risk assessment frameworks for international iGaming operators and investors considering market entry or expansion within the Philippines?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,154],"tags":[29,1897,128],"class_list":["post-777035626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legislation-news","tag-casino","tag-igaming","tag-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777035626","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\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777035626"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777035626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777035641,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777035626\/revisions\/777035641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777035626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777035626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777035626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}