The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) is warning the public against some unscrupulous individuals who are using the agency’s name to engage in bogus bidding transactions.

Also in photo are (from left) PAGCOR Directors Jimmy Bondoc, Gabriel Claudio, PAGCOR President and COO Alfredo Lim and Victoria Municipal Treasurer Melani Guttierez. For more than three decades, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has been one of the government’s staunch allies in nation building.

These fraudsters used fake documents and forged the signatures of some PAGCOR officials to ask for hefty fees, which will allegedly help the suppliers secure a contract with PAGCOR. PAGCOR is warning the public, especially local business owners, not to fall prey to these fraudulent activities.

The state-run-gaming agency recently received reports that fraudsters who are posing as PAGCOR employees asked some local business owners and unknowing suppliers to join a bidding for the supply of pastries and bottled water to PAGCOR, including its Casino Filipino branches.