Will the arrest of Filipino “ringleader” Pogo, allegedly linked to Alice Guo, reveal a plot?

Chinese national Lyu Dong was arrested Thursday in Laguna province, just 40 km south of Manila, by officers from the military and the Bureau of Immigration, according to the Presidential Commission on Combating Organized Crime ( PAOCC).

“He is the one we can consider as the kingpin of the Pogos in our country,” PAOCC executive director Gilbert Cruz said in an interview on Friday.

Dong allegedly arrived in the Philippines in 2016 and proceeded to establish several Philippine offshore gaming operations (Pogos) around the island of Luzon, which the PAOCC report on his arrest described as “a network of fraudulent farms.” .

Guo was removed from her post as mayor of Bamban after an anti-corruption court found her guilty of “serious misconduct” in August over her alleged ties to her town’s Pogo Center, which authorities say was engaged in fraud and human trafficking activities. after a search of the establishment in March.