POGOs linked to kidnapping Filipinos still in business, PAGCOR admits

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MANILA, Philippines — Two service providers to Philippine offshore gaming operators accused of being involved in abductions are still operating, the country’s gaming regulator admitted Monday, despite them being flagged in a privilege speech by Sen. Grace Poe back in December.

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation told senators during a hearing that it has only imposed a $10,000 or more than P500,000 on Brickhartz Technology Inc., one of the companies allegedly involved, while no punishment has been given to MOA Cloudzone Corp., another firm accused of kidnapping.

The continued operations of Brickhartz and MOA Cloudzone angered Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, chairperson of the ways and means panel, as he said called these companies “criminal elements.”

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