The former mayor of Bamban, Tarlac, is accused of falsifying public documents when she purchased three properties.
The Philippines.- The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) have filed a joint complaint against Alice Guo, the suspended mayor of Bamban, Tarlac, for falsification of public documents. They say she claimed to be a Filipino when she purchased three properties in Pangasinan.
In an interview with reporters, NBI spokesperson Ferdinand Lavin said: “In the acquisition of these properties, Alice Guo claimed to be Alice Guo and that she is a Filipino citizen when, in fact, we were able to establish, that she is not Alice Guo. She is Guo Hua Ping, and she is not a Filipino citizen and she is a Chinese citizen on the three deeds of sale.”
According to Lavin, the properties were used by Guo and associates for offshore gaming operations.
Guo and her co-accused are also facing human trafficking charges following a raid carried out last June on an offshore gaming operator hub in Bamban, where 800 workers, both Filipino and foreign, were rescued.
