An Indonesian resource person, who got to escape the operations, tells senators there were about 1,000 foreigners in the condominium complex.
MANILA, Philippines – Hundreds of foreign migrant workers are reportedly being made to work in cryptocurrency scam operations based in a condominium complex in Parañaque, Senator Risa Hontiveros revealed in a Senate hearing on Wednesday, April 19.trafficked Filipino migrant workers to work in crypto scams
According to Ridwan, around the end of February, he came across a digital marketing job posting on Facebook. When he reached out to the Facebook user who posted it, he was instructed to contact a Telegram account. There, he spoke to a recruiter he believed was Indonesian. The “employee,” described to be wearing navy blue pants, a white shirt, and an apple green vest, had on his mobile phone a copy of the photo that the group sent to their recruiter, Ridwan said.
Once he got there, people whom Ridwan believed to be recruiters and employees made him sign a contract that they allegedly did not allow him to read through first. Feeling pressured and afraid, Ridwan signed it.In Ridwan’s office space, he saw other Indonesians, and they had Black and Chinese supervisors. They were trained to create social media accounts with stolen photos to create young women characters who were young, smart, and successful.
According to Hontiveros, other trafficked victims in the scam hubs were nationals of Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, and countries in Africa and South Asia., tapos sa mga papasok na dayuhan like Ridwan and his companions, wala man lang tanong-tanong?The senator referenced to an incident of a Filipina traveler being subjected to a lengthy immigration interview that caused her to miss her flight.
“Who’s lying?” Tulfo asked. The senator asked if Hernandez was willing to undergo a lie detector test, to which the immigration officer consented.
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