[WATCH] Rappler investigates: The deep web of POGOs

From Alice Guo, Rappler followed the paper trail of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) and found layers and layers of companies that extend to a transnational scam network. Together, the ring leaders of this network brought in hundreds of thousands of offshore gaming workers. More than 10,000 of them have already been deported due to the total POGO ban.

In one case, a scam farm raided in the Isle of Man turns out to have set up shop in the Philippines first. With a license to transact business, one of their officers registered an address in Clark, Pampanga, near Sun Valley, one of the first scam farms to be raided. Sun Valley’s incorporators include the children of a prominent Chinese gaming tycoon, who also own the Island Cove POGO in Cavite.

The full scope of the network is yet to be seen, but one thing for certain — the problem did not start, and will not end, with Alice Guo.

Watch this documentary. – Rappler.com

Reporter: Lian Buan
Producer: Cara Angeline Oliver
Videographers: Ulysis Pontanares, Franz Lopez, Errol Almario
Video editor: Jaene Zaplan
Graphics and animation: David Castuciano, Nico Villarete
Associate producer: JC Gotinga
Supervising producer: Beth Frondoso
Investigative head: Chay Hofileña