A Rappler investigation finds Alice Guo’s business partners are linked to an elaborate network of transnational scam and fraud operations.
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/investigative/chinese-crime-gangs-penetrate-philippines-alice-guo-pogos/
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/investigative/chinese-crime-gangs-penetrate-philippines-alice-guo-pogos/
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00:00A Rappler investigation finds Alice Guo's business partners are linked to an elaborate
00:05network of transnational scam and fraud operations.
00:09Chinese nationals Wang Zhiyang, Zhang Ruijin, and Lin Baoying are Guo's co-incorporators
00:14in Balfou Land, which housed two POGOs in Bambantarla when Guo was the mayor.
00:20Wang Zhiyang is wanted in the Philippines for human trafficking and in China for cross-border
00:24gambling.
00:26Attempted to Guo through Wang Zhiyang is Dingkai Wang, who's tied through a layer of companies
00:30to scam operations in Cambodia and cryptocurrency fraud in Hong Kong.
00:34Meanwhile, the couple Zhang Ruijin and Lin Baoying have been convicted of money laundering
00:39in Singapore and deported to Cambodia.
00:42These people's network has footprints as far as the Mediterranean, the UK, and the Caribbean
00:46and have altogether trafficked, scammed, and defrauded thousands of people.
00:51These crime suspects gained a foothold in the Philippines under Rodrigo Duterte's China-friendly
00:55administration.