Many of those recently arrested for online scams were former Pogo workers who ‘branched out on their own’, cybercrime chief says
Many of those recently arrested for cybercrime offences had “branched out on their own”, using skills they had gained while working at Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos), according to Brigadier General Bernard Yang, head of the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group.
“At this point, we cannot really say that these scam activities are still linked to Pogos,” Yang told a media forum on Wednesday. “Based on our statistics, they probably worked [for them] before, but after Pogos shut down, they picked it up and are now doing it independently.”
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