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Filipino police free hundreds of slaves toiling in romance scam operation

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Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2024-03-18

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Laura Dobberstein

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Philippine police raided a Tarlac-based firm, Zun Yuan Technology Inc., that posed as an online gaming company but operated a forced-labor hub for romance and crypto investment scams, rescuing 875 workers (504 foreigners), seizing weapons, phones, SIMs, and scripts, and charging nine suspects; the case underscores the growing prevalence of Southeast Asian scam compounds leveraging social engineering and minimal web/Telegram fronts, and how crackdowns are driving operations to shift across regional borders.

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