DOJ: P7m cash, bullets, SIM cards found in safes of Pasay hub POGO LOOT. In these screen grabs from a
POGO LOOT. In these screen grabs from a TV report, raiding teams from the Department of Justice prepare a vault for opening after DOJ officials raided a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operation hub in Pasay City on Thursday. Authorities were poised to open 32 vaults at the facility, where the first 21 contained over P7 million in cash plus bullets, gun silencers, tasers, pre-registered SIM cards , and other items that indicated possible criminal activities, DOJ spokesman Mico Clavano said.
The first 21 vaults alone uncovered at least P7 million in cash and various banknotes from other countries — plus bullets, gun silencers, tasers, pre-registered SIM cards, and other items that indicated possible criminal activities by the POGO operator, DOJ spokesman Mico Clavano said. PAGCOR records show that the operators, who were given licenses during the previous administration, have not paid their license fees for over a year now in violation of Section 4.C of the Offshore Gaming Regulatory Manual.
Pasay City RTC Acting Judge Gina Palamos issued the search warrant directing the authorities to conduct a search of the five-floor POGO building, which was raided by authorities last August 1. Among the items recovered from the vaults includes, transactions history, financial records, remittance receipts, receipts for the purchase of equipment, employment contracts, employment’s undertaking to reach quota, and pre-registered sim cards.
“If we see a pattern or a web of financial transactions in relation to scam operations found here in Pasay City, then money laundering will also be filed ,” the DOJ official stressed.
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