Tag: Crypto

Gov’t urged: Investigate, dismantle crypto hubs

(MALAYA) SAYING it puts the country “in a bad light,” Sen. Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada yesterday pushed law enforcement agencies to investigate the reported presence of cryptocurrency scam hubs in the country and called for their immediate dismantling. In a statement, Estrada said law enforcement agencies should locate the illegal centers and knock them down and…
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Estrada prods gov’t agencies to probe trafficking of foreigners for cryptoscam work

(GMA NEWS) Concerned government agencies must immediately launch an investigation on cases of human trafficking involving foreigners who were recruited  to work in cryptocurrency scam, Senator Jinggoy Estrada said Thursday. The lawmaker made the remark a day after an Indonesian identified as Ridwan shared at a Senate hearing how he passed through the airport and…
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Statement on foreigners trafficked into crypto scam operations

Not only will it put the country in bad light but claims that there are trafficked foreigners being forced to work in cryptocurrency scam operations are very serious allegations that merit investigation by concerned agencies. Under RA 10364 or the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012, law enforcement agencies are mandated to immediately initiate…
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