PNP-ACG conducts raid against suspects involved in illegal gambling operation in Tarlac

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00:00A brand-new car, business package, or wedding bundle worth up to a million pesos are prices too great to pass up,

00:07or rather, too good to be true, for a shot of just 20 pesos a pop.

00:12It turns out, with no surprise, this yearly raffle draw for big prices is a scam

00:16in which 100 people take part to fleece naive and unsuspecting patrons.

00:21Orion Lesigas has more on this raffle draw scam in San Vicente, Tarlac,

00:25which ran for years and was recently busted by the PNP's anti-cybercrime group.

00:33While the bettors and organizers were in the middle of a raffle draw in San Vicente, Tarlac City,

00:38operatives from the PNP anti-cybercrime group suddenly raided the illegal gambling operation.

00:43The target of the operation was to arrest those behind and involved in the illegal gambling activity.

00:48Apart from operating without a permit, there were reports that nobody actually wins in the raffle draw.

00:53In other words, this was a major scam.

00:56The gambling operation had allegedly been running for five years.

01:00It was the local government unit itself that sought help from authorities

01:04after becoming suspicious of the raffle being conducted by the group.

01:08According to PNP-ACG Director, Police Brigadier General Bernard Yang,

01:12many were enticed to buy raffle tickets because of the attractive prices.

01:16For just P20 pesos per ticket, you could allegedly win a brand new vehicle,

01:21a business package, a piece of land worth P1 million pesos, or a wedding package.

01:26In the said operation, 94 people were initially arrested,

01:30all of whom were running the gambling operation.

01:33Ito ay yung mga financiers.

01:35We have arrested three, 18 admin staff, 46 head distributors, 19 distributors, 11 agents.

01:47Yung tickets, binibenta nila P20 pesos per one ticket.

01:51Yung isang bundle nito is 1,500.

01:54Pero ang nire-remit nila, those organizers, is only 1,000.

01:57So the rest will go to kung sino man yung nagpenta ng bundles o ticket.

02:04The arrested suspects are now facing multiple charges.

02:07Bakit natin inure ito?

02:09Dahil kung kami ay nagsagawa ng verification sa local government units,

02:16sa SEC, sa BIR, PANCOR, CTI,

02:20wala po lahat silang any documents that would prove na legit yung ginagawa nila.

02:28So there was indeed a violation of law.

02:31The PNP-ACJ is now preparing to file charges against other involved in the gambling operation.

02:37Yang said that about 1,000 bettors will be charged for violation of anti-illegal gambling laws

02:43under the Cyber Crime Prevention Act of 2012.

02:45He also said they will start cracking down on illegal online raffles where no one ever wins.

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