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EX-BODOG STAFF CREATES CRIME WAVE IN MANILA
OCTOBER 14, 2013

The Philippines have been rife with protests in the last few months as Philippine government officials are facing a severe backlash from the voting public for their “pork-barrel” spending which often diverts government money to companies owned by friends, business partners and family members of the politicians rather than to their communities that need it for infrastructure development. Several high-profile current and former politicians have been charges in violation of Republic Act (RA) No. 3019 the Anti-graft and corrupt practices Act for illegal use of government funds.

This climate of corruption and criminality has seeped its way into the Philippine online gambling industry as a team of ex-Bodog employees have been running scams and schemes designed to embezzle money from various companies and people in the gambling industry.

The group is headed by former Bodog talking head Jan Robert Gustafsson and former Bodog Europe CEO Patrik Selin is allegedly co-conspiring in the background.  Selin is rumoured to currently be living in Bangkok Thailand on the lam from tax authorities in his native Sweden.  Facebook updates by Gustafsson report he is currently staying with Selin in Bangkok.  Both have a gluttonous appetite for the red light districts of Asia, which we here at CalvinAyre.com would normally consider a good thing. The group has brought with them several other ex-Bodog employees who had all been sacked for reasons varying from incompetence to theft and embezzlement.

Gustafsson’s team is working together on a dodgy payment processing company located in some prime office space in the financial district in Makati.

The group’s plan for the payment processing company is unclear or who their potential targets are even at this point but given the groups recent history, there’s a good chance they are after the bank accounts of the local online gambling industry.

Also with the group are Philippine nationals Jasmin Singh-Arcilla and Edwin Erfe and Filipino-American Sylvia De Guzman. The trio is suspected to be involved with a large Manila based criminal organization. It’s rumored the women are paramours of the former Bodog executives but there is no evidence of this currently.  We are currently working on investigations into this group’s criminal activities.

Filipino-Canadian Sherwin Quiambao, a former low-level numbers cruncher with Bodog has teamed with former collections agent Canadian Sukhjap “Robbie” Grewal to open a Western Union store for the payments company. Rumors abound that both Grewal and Quaimbo have also been involved in a number of criminal activities since going to the Philippines.

The duo is attempting to distance themselves from the leaders of the gang by working under the banner of Transact24 but Gustafsson’s close confidant Karl Rosengren claims through his LinkedIn account to be the founder of Transact24, however the payments company has vehemently denied any connection.  Rosengren is believed to be tied up with the group while working as a payments director for online Casino Vera&John. Rosengren was previously convicted of tax evasion in his native Sweden. He was also convicted for complicity in a high profile case fraud case involving the Swedish Pokerligan or Poker Gang.  Swedish officials called for a 5-year ban on Rosengren conducting any business activities in his native land.

Bodog’s former CFO Arleen Aldaba, former legal counsel Jennifer de los Santos-Beloso, Legal assistant Mary Rose Suanino, driver Dalmacio Mendoza and office clerk Mary Jane De Guzman are all co-conspiring with the group in some capacity.

A Bodog spokesperson has informed us that they have retained an external law firm in Manila and they are working with the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), who are the Philippines version of the FBI, to file criminal and civil charges against all involved in the crime spree.   The Philippine Bureau of Immigration is also involved in this investigation.

Bodog was the only group willing to speak on the record but there are other companies that have been swindled by Selin, Gustafsson, De Guzman, Singh, Aldaba, Quaimbo et al. each has told us that they are currently weighing their options on how to best join in with filing criminal and civil charges against the group.

The illicit activities being investigated in this crime wave include but are not limited to estafa, fraud, extortion, embezzlement, forging documents, uttering threats, filing false criminal actions, corruption of a public official, using corrupt officials to plant narcotics, frustrated bank robbery, the attempted theft of companies and real estate with forged documents, theft of intellectual property and auto-theft.

We’re told both criminal and civil charges will be filed, with the first starting as early as this week against all those involved and the charges will most likely even include those who are secondarily involved in the group’s criminal activities. Deportations of foreigners involved are also expected to begin shortly.

We’ll continue to follow this story and bring you updates as they happen as we have direct connections to all parties involved.

popo2012

JAN ROBERT GUSTAFSSON FIRST EMBEZZLEMENT INDICTMENT: GAMBLING 911 BREAKS NEWS
OCTOBER 25, 2013

The first charges in the ex-Bodog employee embezzlement scandal have been filed against Robert Gustafsson, Sylvia de Guzman and Sherwin Quiambao.

Gambling911.com broke the news Thursday complete with copies of the criminal complaint against the trio of former Bodog employees.  (Link to the Charges)

sylvia-de-guzman-ex-bodogThe first charge of what is expected to be several was for “Qualified Theft under article 310 in relation to Articles 308 and 309 of the (Philippines) Revised Penal Code”.

The filed complaint surrounds an illicit transaction back in April 13, 2012 where Gustafsson requested and Quiambao and de Guzman signed for an unauthorised wire transaction of $160,338 to be sent to a Filipino businessman for legal services that according to the report were never contracted for or approved by the corporate board of directors.

The charges against Gustafsson alleges that he was using corporate funds to pay for personal liabilities in a grave abuse of confidence.

Considering Robert Gustafsson wasn’t released by the company for another 12 months and based on the evidence being compiled by the forensic accounting team, this will only be the first of several charges filed against the group.

sherwin-quiambao-ex-bodogA source with the Global Internal Audit (Asset Management Group) told Gambling911 under the condition of anonymity, “There is at least one more charge coming out this week and one ready for early next week.” They also added, “Keep in mind the audits have only just begun and have barely scratched the surface. There are tons of other shady transactions the forensic team is piecing together but this first set of fraudulent transactions which were just too obvious and stood out like a sore thumb.”

On the length of prison time the group is looking at, the GIA source said, “This gang is looking at hundreds of years in jail once all the charges are levied. This particular Theft charge was based on a transaction from Bodog Asia, but it’s important to realize that there are a number of other victims and some are non-gaming companies.”

Hundreds of years seem like hyperbole but according to the Philippines Revised Penal Code, if convicted, the gang faces a maximum of 20 years plus an addition year for each 10,000 pesos over the 22,000-peso threshold.

Using the current exchange rate, if convicted Gustafsson, Quiambao and de Guzman could face a maximum of 640 years in a Filipino prison. Although it’s doubtful they would serve the full term.

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PATRIK SELIN JOINS JAN ROBERT GUSTAFSSON IN CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD INDICTMENT
NOVEMBER 7, 2013

More charges have been filed in the Philippines against former Bodog Asia director Jan Robert Gustafsson and his wannabe Swedish mafia, enlarging a growing scandal that has unfolded over the past month. On Wednesday, the Makati City Prosecutor’s office filed charges of Car Napping under R.A. No. 6539, amended by R.A. No 7659 against Gustafsson and at least 17 co-conspirators, many of whom are former Bodog Asia employees who reported to Gustafsson prior to his dismissal by the company earlier this year. The charge carries a minimum sentence of 14 years and 8 months regardless of the list price of the vehicle. (Read the full indictment here.)

Joining Gustafsson in this rogues gallery is former Bodog Europe CEO Patrik Selin, as well as indictment veteran Sylvia Bernadette Gonzales De Guzman (more on her later), Sherwin Quiambao and other assorted Swedes and Filipinos, including Edwin Rejano Erpe, Rosemarie Fegueroa Frialde, Mariano Monteras, Jocelyn Tan Tam, Dalmacio Mangonon Mendoza III Jr., Rosemarie Fegueroa Frialde, Mary Jane Buenafe de Guzman, Maria Arleen Aldaba (former Bodog Asia CFO), Anthony B. Arcillia, Karl Rosengren, Sukhjap “Robbie” Singh Grewal, Mary Rose Suanino, Jennifer Delos Santos-Beloso (former Bodog Asia legal counsel), Olof Ohlsseon and Lee Hon Seng.

ON YOUR BIKE
It may seem odd for a seemingly mundane charge involving the theft of a 2006 Yamaha motorcycle worth a mere P30k (US $700) to include such a lengthy list of co-conspirators, but the indictment points to a much broader and far more ambitious pattern of criminal activity hatched by the group.

The motorbike was provided by Bodog Asia to former employee Edwin Rejano Erpe to allow him to commute to and from work. In August, Erpe failed to return to work following a five-day vacation and efforts to contact him proved unsuccessful. A month later, the motorcycle was reported stolen to the Makati Police Department.

It was later discovered that De Guzman had instructed Erpe not to return the motorcycle and had promised to pay Erpe P200k for running errands for herself, Gustafsson and the other conspirators named in the indictment. And so the motorcycle became the thread on which investigators tugged, eventually exposing the much larger conspiracy at play.

Following Gustafsson’s dismissal from Bodog Asia, a Global Internal Audit (GIA) team was brought in to investigate some financial irregularities on the company’s books. But the jig was well and truly up when Gustafsson & Co. attempted to recruit a new member into their conspiracy, only to have this individual report the gang’s offer to the GIA.

In time, the GIA was able to identify six companies at which the gang had committed infractions ranging from corporate fraud, embezzlement and theft of company funds, properties and business opportunities. The car napping indictment indicates that more criminal complaints are expected to be filed against the gang in due course.

CUTTING REMARKS
On Sept. 2, 2013, members of the conspiracy attempted to withdraw a significant sum of money from a Bodog Asia corporate bank account. Smelling a rat, a bank employee refused to permit the withdrawal, prompting De Guzman to threaten the employee with violence. Not sure how seriously to take this threat, the bank employee purposefully filled out the withdrawal certificate incorrectly, knowing that this would cause the bank manager to reject the request.

Undeterred, De Guzman returned to the bank the next day to try again. When this attempt met with no greater success, De Guzman dropped several names she believed would bolster her case, including Gustafsson’s. When this too failed to sway the bank manager, Sylvia Scissorhands threatened to cut out the bank manager’s tongue if she didn’t process the withdrawal request (as documented in the police notes on the incident, viewable below).

GRAND THEFT BUILDING
The Gustafsson gang’s appetite for misappropriation wasn’t limited to readily transportable bank notes. Attempts were reportedly made to forge documents transferring ownership of a $4.6m property in Manila’s Entertainment City development from its rightful owners into the gang’s control. The indictment also notes the gang’s extortion attempts and filing of false charges intended to intimidate those attempting to expose the full extent of their crimes.

Needless to say, this story is far from over and CalvinAyre.com will continue to provide updates as they become available.

zwyq1983

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加扎

总经理被举报了啊

IsisC

thanks for sharing~

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洋洋

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