Solons to DoJ, BI: Go get three foreigners who fleeced Pagcor casinos of P158 million

By Charlie Manalo and Gerry Baldo 08/18/2011
Lawmakers yesterday demanded the recapture of three foreigners behind a P158-million casino scam even as they blamed the Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Bureau of Immigration (BI) for the escape of a fourth suspect.

At a joint hearing conducted by the House committees on justice and on games and amusement, lawmakers also asked officials of the two agencies to verify reports that Ben Liu, the alleged mastermind of the so-called Card Cutter Gang, died in Guandong.

Wheelchair-bound Liu has been described as a casino VIP who was later discovered to have led the gang in cheating the government’s three Metro Manila casinos of the Philippine Amusement Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) of P158 million using some hi-tech gadgets like miniature cameras and transmitters.

He, however, was able to slip out of the country on May 5, 2011 a few hours after his three cohorts were arrested by Pagcor security personnel at the Paranaque casino..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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