00:00The camp of Alice Guo will have to come up with another legal strategy as the Department of Justice, or DOJ,
00:07has filed another case against the dismissed local chief executive.
00:11Luisa Erispe tells us more.
00:15Alice Guo, aka Guo Ping, has another case to face before the court.
00:21And this is not just another case, but 62 counts of violations of the Money Laundering Act.
00:27Because the Department of Justice has indicted Guo and 30 others for money laundering in line with the illegal operations of Pogos in Bamban, Tarlac.
00:36The findings of the panel of prosecutors found that the illegal activities that we found when we raided their business,
00:46that is the subject of this complaint.
00:52The operations that we found were scamming, like love scams, investment scams, or crypto scams.
01:00As a result, that's where they profited.
01:03The money involved in the case is about billions in total.
01:06And these are used by Guo and others to acquire several properties in the country.
01:11Based on the resolution, also indicted on 31 counts of Money Laundering Act,
01:16are Dennis Cunanan, Sheila Guo, and other Chinese nationals.
01:20The cases for filing are not just for forfeiture of properties,
01:24but an array of criminal cases to be filed before a court in Manila.
01:28These are complaints for the criminal act of money laundering.
01:32These are criminal violations of the Anti-Money Laundering Act.
01:37The original complaint had 87 counts of money laundering,
01:41but only 62 will be filed against Guo and Cassandra Lee Ong, who was dismissed from the case.
01:47The Justice Department explained the prosecution did not find enough evidence to indict Ong,
01:52and this is a representation the DOJ will not allow any harassment cases to be filed before a court.
01:58For Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulia,
02:00he strongly trusts the resolution released by the panel of prosecutors.
02:05Luisa Erispe, from the National TV, for a new and better Philippines.
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