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A scam operation involving mostly Chinese nationals was busted right near the Philippine military’s headquarters. On the night of October 12, Philippine immigration agents and the military raided a facility in Quezon City close to Camp Aguinaldo and arrested 76 foreign nationals: 74 Chinese and 2 from Myanmar. Officials say they were running online investment scams when agents walked in. This wasn’t an isolated bust. Ten days earlier, a much larger raid in Zamboanga Sibugay province picked up 244 foreign nationals, mostly Chinese, at what authorities called the biggest POGO-related operation of the year, seizing around 3,000 phones and dozens of computers. Between the two raids, roughly 320 foreign nationals have now been arrested.Because the Quezon City site sat so close to Camp Aguinaldo, the AFP is investigating whether the facility posed a broader national security risk, not just a scam operation. Those arrested face deportation and a permanent blacklist from re-entering the Philippines. Investigators are also looking at possible violations under the Anti-POGO Act of 2025. POGOs were formally banned in late 2024 and the ban was locked in by law in 2025. These back-to-back raids show illegal operations have kept running anyway.