00:00The four Korean nationals involved in online illegal gambling were caught red-handed.
00:05The suspects assumed that the bank was being held by voice phishing.
00:10Rod Laguzada has the details.
00:15The four South Korean nationals were caught red-handed in the operation of the National Bureau of Investigation in Pampanga.
00:22The suspects were involved in illegal online gambling.
00:25The suspects were also caught red-handed in their operation.
00:28They assumed that the bank was being held by voice phishing.
00:33This is where they deceive South Korean nationals who are in South Korea to get money from their bank account.
00:39According to the National Bureau of Investigation, the suspects were charged with up to US$840,000.
00:45These are the remnants of the operations.
00:49Some of them were resort to illegal online gambling because the facility and the technology are still there.
00:57And some of them would still have their employees, Filipino or other foreign nationals.
01:03The suspects were caught red-handed in the operation of the National Bureau of Investigation in Pampanga.
01:07Two of the suspects presented by the NBI were caught red-handed in their operation.
01:14This will show you the importance or the significance of international cooperation.
01:20As a matter of fact, we would not have known that there is a warrant in Korea posted as a red notice in the Interpol.
01:30Based on the data, they arrived in the Philippines in 2017.
01:34Their last trip to South Korea was in 2019.
01:37Labine explained that this is an indication that the suspects are returning to their country.
01:41The suspects were charged with illegal online gambling in relation to the Cybercrime Prevention Act.
01:46While one of the suspects was arrested, the other was charged with carnapping.
01:51The NBI will continue to investigate if there are other suspects involved in this operation.
01:56Rod Leguzad for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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