Friday, December 31, 2010

NBI: Chinese syndicate using banking system for fraud

Thursday, December 30, 2010
By Macon Ramos Araneta
Manila Standard Today (Philippines)

THE Chinese syndicate that has collected P6 billion in six months of operations in the Philippines operates elsewhere in Southeast Asia apart from China, an NBI official said Wednesday.

The Internet and credit card syndicate led by Wei Hao Lo has defrauded many people in China and Taiwan, and some of the passports confiscated from arrested syndicate members show that they have been to Thailand, says case officer Norman Anire.

Cesar Bacani, head of the National Bureau of Investigation’s Anti-Fraud and Action Division, said the syndicate’s members could also be operating in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

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