Also convicted were Rachelle Malonzo Carreon, Jaimielyn Cruz, and Walter Wong Rong for organizing trafficking operations inside the Baofu compound in Bamban. The court likewise found Wang Weili, Wuli Dong, Nong Ding Chang, and Lang Xu Po guilty of acts of trafficking committed against the victims.
The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) said all convicted individuals were sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to pay P2 million each per case, in addition to monetary reparations owed to their victim-complainants.
“The court’s promulgation on November 20, 2025, makes clear that Guo’s power, wealth, and public persona were built entirely on human trafficking, online scam operations, and a fabricated identity,” PAOCC said.
The case against Guo stemmed from a complaint filed by the Philippine National Police and the PAOCC following a raid last year on the POGO operated by Zun Yuan Technology.
The PAOCC said the truth behind Bamban, Tarlac, had been concealed for years until the March 2024 raid uncovered the scale of Guo’s operations.
“What appeared to be an ordinary agricultural town turned out to be a sprawling 36-building scam hub covering almost 10 hectares,” it said.
During the operation, authorities apprehended hundreds of foreign nationals involved in scams, while investigators uncovered evidence of human trafficking, “pig-butchering” scam schemes, POGOs used as a front for illegal operations, cryptocurrency fraud, money laundering, and systematic exploitation.
In addition, the Baofu company, the site of the raided scam hub in Bamban, is forfeited in favor of the government.
Guo was previously dismissed by the Office of the Ombudsman for grave misconduct after being linked to the Chinese-run online gambling center in Bamban, where hundreds of people were allegedly forced to run scams under threat of torture.
The Department of Justice had charged Guo under the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2022, which penalizes those who “organize, provide financial support, or direct other persons to commit acts of trafficking.”
Guo, currently detained at the Pasig City Jail Dormitory, will be transferred to the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong following the verdict, while her co-accused will be detained at the National Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City.
According to PAOCC Executive Director Undersecretary Benjamin Acorda Jr., “The Alice Guo case is a story of a nation that refused to be deceived, of institutions that stood firm, and of victims whose voices now echo through every courtroom decision. It is proof that no matter how elaborates the scheme, how powerful the mastermind, or how long the deception, justice will find its way.”
“And when it does, it does more than punish—it restores. No empire built on fraud and exploitation can endure when a nation stands united in truth. The government has prevailed once more, not for itself, but for every victim, every community, and every Filipino who deserves a country safeguarded from those who seek to abuse it. The government will always defend its people. And justice, once awakened, will never be denied,” Acorda Jr. added.