More than 400 people were arrested, including 146 foreigners, during the POGO raid in Paraniak.
Authorities arrested 453 illegal POGO employees in a raid on an office building in the Bay area of Paraniac City on Thursday.
Operatives from the PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Bureau of Immigration (BI), the Department of Justice's Cybercrime Office (DOJ OOC), and the President's Commission on Crime Prevention. Organized Crime (PAOCC ) executed an arrest warrant for a Chinese citizen for fraud.
An immigration mission order was also executed, as the suspect is a POGO employee who has been under surveillance for the past months."
A total of 453 employees, including 146 foreigners, mostly Chinese, were caught at their computers on three floors of the building, believed to be engaged in illegal offshore gambling and fraud.
"Dalawang taon na row silang nag is running and they never stopped." Galing daw sila ng ASEANA. Nung medio uminit dou dun, lumipat dou sila dito” " PAOCC Press Director Winston Casio told GMA Integrated News.
