US$60 MILLION

Bet money for a single transaction made by an overseas client that indicates the suspects belong to a big syndicate

confiscated are not theirs. This is a big syndicate because their clients are overseas, just a single transaction even showed a bet money of over US$60 million,” Cabal said.

“Big-time” gambling

The police had a search warrant issued by Regional Trial Court Branch 25 in Danao City Judge Jerry Dicdican against Kim Young Jun and the other occupants in the house.

The intelligence official said the Anti- Cybercrime Group will decode the monitors and routers that they seized as these are in Korean.

“A big amount of money is involved here and this is syndicated because three persons come to an agreement concerning the commission of a crime,” Cabal said.

Operatives seized high-speed internet routers, USBs, local network SIM cards, passports, cellphones, monitors and identification cards.

Cabal said the Korean consulate is cooperating with authorities to identify the suspects, who do not speak English.

Police have yet to establish if the suspects have a local contact.

Cabal said that they are also coordinating with the owner of the house.

“The corporation that owns the house said it did not know the nature of the renters’ business. The rent was paid in advance until January 2018,” he said in Tagalog.

July arrests

He said that the suspects moved in last year.

Cabal said the Korean nationals will be charged with violating Republic Act (RA) 9287 for Illegal Numbers Game and RA 10175, or the Anti-Cybercrime Law.

Last July, the National Bureau of Investigation 7 also arrested six Korean nationals for allegedly operating an illegal online gambling business in Cabancalan, Mandaue City.

The suspects, according to the Special Agent Arnel Pura of the NBI 7, failed to secure a license from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.