NBI files falsification raps vs. Alice Guo

The National Bureau of Investigation-Alaminos District Office (NBI-ALDO) lodged Wednesday a falsification complaint against former Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo with the Department of Justice (DOJ).

According to the complaint, Guo faces three counts of falsification of public documents for three deeds of sale.

"[She] acquired properties doon sa Sual, Pangasinan. In the acquisition of these properties, sinabi ni Alice Guo na siya ay si Alice Guo at that she is a Filipino citizen," Task Force Alice Guo spokesperson Ferdinand Lavin said in an interview.

(They acquired properties in Sual, Pangasinan. In the acquisition of these properties, Alice Guo said she is Alice Guo and that she is a Filipino citizen.)

"When, in fact, we were able to establish that she is not Alice Guo and she is Guo Hua Ping. And she is not a Filipino citizen and she is a Chinese citizen," he added.

He said that the NBI is seeking the forfeiture of the properties.

Guo, also known as Guo Hua Ping, is also facing a qualified trafficking case before a Pasig court, a graft case before a Valenzuela court, and a material misrepresentation case before a Tarlac court. Authorities will also file money laundering charges against her.

A quo warranto petition was also filed against Guo with a Manila court, as well as a petition to cancel her birth certificate before a Tarlac court.

She is also facing a tax evasion complaint and a perjury and falsification complaint before the DOJ.

Guo has denied the numerous charges against her.

Meanwhile, Lavin said the NBI has also lodged a complaint against Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) employees for violation of the Anti-Human Trafficking Act with regard to the operations of Zun Yuan Technology, which used to run the raided POGO in Bamban.

"As a matter of fact, sila ang dapat mag-monitor ng day-to-day operations ng POGO at that time, but they allowed the operations of scamming activities at the back-end of POGO operations," he said.

(As a matter of fact, they were the ones who were supposed to monitor the day-to-day operations of the POGO at that time, but they allowed the operations of scamming activities at the back-end of POGO operations.)

"Pinahintulutan nila at, at some points, i-encourage nila 'yung scamming operations," he added.

(They allowed it and, at some points, they encouraged the scamming operations.) — VDV, GMA Integrated News