00:00 An August 1 raid on an offshore gaming firm finds evidence scam groups are dodging SIM
00:05 card registration safeguards.
00:07 A raid at S.A. Rivendell Global Gaming finds more than 28,000 SIM cards from various local
00:12 and foreign telecommunication companies.
00:15 Authorities had reviewed 7,000 of the 28,000 unopened SIM cards found, many of which were
00:20 registered on messaging apps and platforms used to lure victims.
00:24 The Justice Department called for a coordination meeting of law enforcement, which involved
00:28 representatives of Telcos, Smart and Globe.
00:31 Department of Justice Assistant Secretary Mico Clavano calls the participation of the
00:35 Telcos in the probe historic.
00:37 "What we discussed in our coordination meeting is if the Telcos can join and help our law
00:47 enforcement agencies so we can get the mechanism on how they did this."
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