The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), and the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) filed money-laundering charges against Former Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and 35 others on Friday, August 30, at the Department of Justice.
Aside from the dismissed mayor, the other respondents of the complaint include her father, Jian Zhong Guo; her mother, Lin Wenyi; her alleged sibling, Shiela Guo; Seimen Guo, Katherine Cassandra Li Ong and numerous individuals connected to corporations such as BAOFU Land Development Inc., Hongsheng Gaming Technology Inc., and Zun Yuan Technology Inc.
"These individuals and entities are alleged to have been involved in a complex scheme of money laundering linked to the crimes of estafa, qualified trafficking in persons, and violations of the Securities Regulation Code," AMLC said in a statement.
AMLC said that the investigation of the three agencies revealed that Guo and her co-conspirators generated over Php 100 million, between June 2020 and January 2024, through illegal activities.
AMLC also seeks the forfeiture of assets valued at over Php 6 billion, accumulated by Guo and her associates through their unlawful activities.
"The forfeiture also includes other properties that were instrumental in facilitating these illegal operations." AMLC said.
"These assets include numerous real properties in Tarlac, Pampanga, and Las Piñas City, commercial buildings within the BAOFU compound, multiple bank accounts with significant illicit funds, corporate assets linked to implicated companies, a fleet of luxury vehicles, and a helicopter used to facilitate criminal operations," the agency added.
Authorities continue to hunt down dimissed Mayor Guo, who according to reports have been staying in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Last August 22, Shiela Guo and Ong returned to the Philippines following their arrest in Indonesia.
