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Alice Guo, Cassandra Ong, 34 others face money laundering raps
Alice Guo, Cassandra Ong, 34 others face money laundering raps
Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in a Senate hearing in Pasay City on May 22, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File
Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in a Senate hearing in Pasay City on May 22, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File MANILA – Government agencies on Friday said they would file money laundering charges against dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo, Cassandra Ong, and the incorporators of several POGO firms before the Department of Justice.
MANILA – Government agencies on Friday said they would file money laundering charges against dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo, Cassandra Ong, and the incorporators of several POGO firms before the Department of Justice.
A total of 35 respondents are included in the complaint filed by the National Bureau of Investigation, Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, and the Anti-Money Laundering Council.
A total of 35 respondents are included in the complaint filed by the National Bureau of Investigation, Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, and the Anti-Money Laundering Council.
The agencies said a probe found that Guo and the incorporators of Hongsheng Gaming Technology, Baofu Land Development Inc and Zun Yuan Technology Inc. participated in transferring funds from alleged fraudulent sources.
The agencies said a probe found that Guo and the incorporators of Hongsheng Gaming Technology, Baofu Land Development Inc and Zun Yuan Technology Inc. participated in transferring funds from alleged fraudulent sources.
The investigation covered billions of pesos worth of transactions in Guo’s bank accounts and assets from 2019 to 2024. It included her family’s bank accounts and properties, POGO companies and their bank accounts, and the alleged shell companies linked to them.
The investigation covered billions of pesos worth of transactions in Guo’s bank accounts and assets from 2019 to 2024. It included her family’s bank accounts and properties, POGO companies and their bank accounts, and the alleged shell companies linked to them.
According to the NBI, they found a link between Alice Guo’s bank accounts and shell companies that allegedly paid the utilities and electricity of POGO buildings.
According to the NBI, they found a link between Alice Guo’s bank accounts and shell companies that allegedly paid the utilities and electricity of POGO buildings.
The transactions were made after Guo allegedly divested from the POGO company.
The transactions were made after Guo allegedly divested from the POGO company.
Guo has been in hiding since she was accused of being a Chinese citizen and facilitating POGO operations in Bamban, Tarlac.
Guo has been in hiding since she was accused of being a Chinese citizen and facilitating POGO operations in Bamban, Tarlac.
She was not with Ong and Shiela Guo, who was earlier reported as the former mayor’s sister, when the pair were arrested in Indonesia last week.
She was not with Ong and Shiela Guo, who was earlier reported as the former mayor’s sister, when the pair were arrested in Indonesia last week.
Ex-Mayor Guo is still in Jakarta, Indonesia, the DOJ said.
Ex-Mayor Guo is still in Jakarta, Indonesia, the DOJ said.
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