Authorities in Manila announced on Friday ( October 11 ) that a Chinese man has been detained and is accused of operating a large network of connivance farms throughout the country.
Lin Xunhan was detained in Binan area south of Manila later Thursday, amid a federal assault on online firms accused of defrauding clientele and which have been linked to other atrocities including kidnappings, trafficking, human smuggling, torture and murder.
According to the National Anti-Organized Crime Commission, the 33-year-old local of Fujian “is a number of major problem within the landscape of organized crime in the Philippines.”
” Since 2016, ( Lin ) has systematically built a network of scam farms, often employing legal businesses as fronts to obscure his illicit activities” in the country, it said.
While some of these procedures have been seized and shut down, several remain active, putting strain on law enforcement attempts to demolish his broad criminal enterprise.
In the attack of a home that even turned up three firearms, it said, another Chinese assume and nine Filipino bodyguards were also detained.
The generally Chinese-run scam farms con their victims into investing in fake crypto companies and other scams, which are frequently run by smuggling victims.
In July, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos , Jr , outlawed all types of onshore gambling users, including online gaming licence buyers.
Two times to keep the Philippines was given to hundreds of foreign workers at the barred companies.