Philippines: Govt. raids office of Colorful & Leap, a sublessee of CGC Technologies, accusing co. of exploiting 1000+ migrant workers to run crypto scams
요약
보고된 날짜: 2023년 5월 31일
위치: 필리핀
기업 페이지
Colorful & Leap - Employer , CGC Technologies - Other Value Chain Entity영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 1090
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 위치를 알 수 없음 , 기술: 일반 , Gender not reported )토픽들
인신매매 , 강간과 성적 학대 , 유괴 , 식량권 , 위협 , 이동의 자유결과
Response sought: 아니오
시행된 조치: 12 personnel of the company had been questioned at the Department of Justice for human trafficking in relation to cybercrime, serious illegal detention and kidnapping.
출처: News outlet
"Human traffickers using POGOs as ‘legal cover’,"
Human traffickers are using POGOs, or Philippine offshore gaming operators, as “legal cover” to perpetrate a cryptocurrency scam in the country, according to Sen. Risa Hontiveros.
During a Senate hearing on the “call center scam hub” supposedly happening at the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga, Hontiveros said the Colorful and Leap Group managed to operate the scam as a sublessee of CGC Technologies Inc.
CGC Technologies Inc. is a POGO company licensed by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor)…
At least 1,090 foreign workers were rescued from the hub, which was raided by authorities on May 4.
The workers were reportedly forced to work up to 18 hours a day under strict conditions.
They were reportedly trained to attract their clients, who are old and moneyed people, into buying cryptocurrency from them…
At least 12 personnel of the company – seven Chinese, four Indonesians and a Malaysian – had undergone inquest at the Department of Justice for human trafficking in relation to cybercrime, serious illegal detention and kidnapping, as well as violation of immigration laws…
The workers were reportedly detained and starved for days in a bare, dark room if they failed to scam a customer or if they wanted to quit, she said…