As part of the government’s intensified campaign against transnational crimes and foreign syndicates, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced the arrest of 31 foreign nationals suspected of engaging in online scamming operations during a raid in Makati City.
BI intelligence division chief Fortunato Manahan, Jr. reported that the raid took place Monday evening on the 11th floor of a commercial building along Ayala Avenue, where agents discovered dozens of foreigners manning computer workstations allegedly used for fraudulent activities targeting individuals abroad.
Of the 31 foreign nationals arrested, 24 were Chinese, two were Taiwanese, three were Malaysian, and two were from Myanmar. All were found without to be working in violation of the conditions of their stay, and have been tagged as undesirable.
The company’s office, in fact, even displayed the name of a popular insurance firm on its entrance in an attempt to hide its illegal operations in the building.
Manahan said the suspects are now detained at the Bureau’s Warden Facility (BIWF) in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City, pending investigation and deportation proceedings.
