https://businessmirror.com.ph/2025/05/26/guo-30-others-face-62-money-laundering-cases/

THE Department of Justice on Friday filed 62 money laundering cases against dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo who is also known as Guo Hua Ping and 30 others for their alleged involvement in an extensive criminal network linked to illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (Pogo).

The charges filed at the Regional Trial Court in Tarlac, and docketed as Criminal Cases 10237-25 to 10298-25, stem from a months-long investigation led by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) in coordination with the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (Paocc), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

The DOJ alleged that Guo committed 26 counts of violation of the Anti-Money Laundering Act for engaging in transactions involving proceeds from unlawful activity, five counts for the conversion, transfer, or use of these illicit proceeds, and along with 30 co-accused, 31 counts for conspiracy to commit money laundering offenses.

This is the eighth criminal case filed against Guo, who was earlier indicted for alleged qualified trafficking in persons, civil forfeiture, graft, material misrepresentation, and falsification of public documents.

She was also implicated in four other pending investigations of alleged falsification by a notary public, perjury, and obstruction of justice, violations of the Anti-Dummy Law, and qualified trafficking and graft which involved Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) personnel.

PAOCC said the filing marks an intensified national effort to put an end to illegal Pogos and combat financial crimes through a whole-of-government strategy together with the DOJ, AMLC, NBI, SEC, and the National Police (PNP).

“This landmark case illustrates the government’s resolve to dismantle the financial machinery enabling transnational criminal enterprises. The scale and coordination required here show how essential it is for our law enforcement and justice system to act with unity, precision, and resolve,” the Paocc chief, Undersecretary Gilbert Cruz, said.

The DOJ has also requested the transfer of Guo’s case to the Regional Trial Court in Pasig, following a June 19, 2024 Supreme Court resolution designating it as the special court for Pogo-related offenses in Luzon.

On May 21, Guo personally submitted her counter-affidavit in the preliminary investigation into graft, falsification, and tax evasion charges filed by the NBI. She is also set to appear before Pasig RTC Branch 167 on May 28 for a pending qualified trafficking case.

Guo is presently detained at the Pasig City Jail.