Police raid Bodog's Philippines' offices
Police seize computers and documents as part of investigation into the illegal offering of a numbers game to locals
Philippine police have raided the local offices of Bodog’s Asia operation in the city of Makati after the operator was accused of breaching the terms of its licence.
The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of the National Capital Region broke into the Bodog offices on the 22nd floor of the Enterprise Tower yesterday afternoon as part of an investigation into claims it was offering a lottery-style numbers game to local residents.
As part of its license conditions with the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority, Bodog is not permitted to offer gambling services to the people of the Philippines.
Police seized programs hard-wired in the hard-drives of computers identified as being utilized in illegal gambling operations, along with laptops, smartphones and boxes of printed documents.
“Bodog Asia has been falsely accused of running a numbers game to residents of the Philippines,” the company said in statement.
“The local police are, however, obliged to follow up the accusation and we are, of course, fully cooperating with them to quickly clear up the situation.
“In the meantime, some of our services are, naturally, being disrupted as our staff helps the police. We are confident this issue will be resolved quickly with minimum disruption to our customers and we thank you for your patience.”
The news comes after a number of former Bodog employees, including former Asia director Jan Robert Gustafsson, were charged with embezzlement earlier this year, the accused deny the charges.