The more than a thousand workers, mostly other Asian nationals, rescued by authorities at CFZ in Pampanga just wanted to have decent jobs and send money back to their families, not knowing they would be preyed upon by human traffickers. | dexcabalzaINQ
Formal complaints were filed at the Department of Justice on Saturday against 12 “maintainers” of the company, according to ACG spokesperson Capt. Michelle Sabino. The 12 consisted of seven Chinese nationals, four Indonesians and one Malaysian.The workers were made to help perpetrate a romance scam called “pig butchering,’’ which the ACG said had been perfected by Chinese criminal syndicates.
“When you’re in love, you’ll do anything that your lover asks you to do. So the workers tell their victims that they need to buy houses or cars, as part of building their future together,” Sabino said. “At first, it looks good, because it’s a 50-50 shared investment. The victims would then give their 50-percent share, while the worker would show a platform showing that they also paid half of the share.
The recruits were mostly university-educated and primed for white-collar jobs requiring social media skills.
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