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00:00Aside from debt and interest, some people who borrowed from online lending applications have added to their problems as there is no end to the harassment and threats of the collectors.
00:09Some have already been paid and they are being forced to borrow again.
00:13Paok's investigation shows that the operators of some online lending apps came from POGO.
00:19Salima Refrat has the first news.
00:23I will be beheaded. I will not go out because I will be shot. I will be raped. My whole family will be killed.
00:35Floor's harassment and threats are severe. She did not realize that she will not be able to pay back the loan she borrowed from the online lending app or OLA.
00:44I thought that everything will be over. But I thought about my children's well-being. They need me more. They need their mother more.
00:53The worst thing is to be loved in life along with those who are being harassed.
00:59Our family is also being harassed. They are using pornographic material on the children.
01:06Even if they are your grandparents, they will edit your face and where they will put it. It's even worse if they put it on the website.
01:15Even those who have good credit and good pay, they are being forced to borrow again.
01:21I am being reloaned even if I don't want to anymore. That's where they are harassing me for reloaning.
01:27It's P15,000 that they are reloaning to me. I only received P7,000. If I will return it within a second, I will have to return the P15,000.
01:36Every day, I will call them. Starting at 6 a.m., every five minutes, I will call them.
01:41Different numbers, different texts. The more instant they give you, the bigger the sacrifice.
01:50You will drown because their interest is 40 to 50 percent. Aside from interest, they also have hidden charges, penalties.
01:59So instead of being able to repay your loan, which you didn't get in full, you will drown in interest and penalties.
02:12That's why the NBI and PAOC discussed the two online lending applications in Makati on the search warrant visa.
02:19They also sent scripts to computers to request loans and to ask for loans.
02:28There are a lot of people who have committed suicide, lost their lives, have depression.
02:34How many clients are you harassing every day?
02:36One hundred plus.
02:38How are you harassing or harassing them?
02:40Reminders if they can advance.
02:45Are you also harassing and harassing those who have committed suicide?
02:49No. We don't do that, ma'am.
02:52One hundred thirty-one Filipino NBI and PAOC were investigated for the raid on the online lending applications last week.
03:01But only 117 were faced with complaints of violation of the Data Privacy Act.
03:07That's because there were those who went back and chose to be witnesses.
03:12We have witnesses who were convinced to be witnesses against the company.
03:18In their opinion, there are those who are not doing the right thing,
03:22because they are doing a horrible harassment to their clients.
03:28In the investigation of PAOC on the online lending applications,
03:32several operators are moving to Pugo.
03:35These are now prohibited.
03:37They saw this during the raid on an online lending company in Makati.
03:41This is also big.
03:43If you combine all of this, this is probably billions.
03:46What they earn from this.
03:48What's heavy here is that they earn from the blood and sweat of our countrymen.
03:56We have established that this is not only locally, but internationally, their operation.
04:04What we see here is that the Chinese are also running.
04:07What is saddening here is that the Filipinos are being fooled here.
04:13And the ones who are being fooled, the ones who are harassing,
04:17the ones who are causing internal pain, are also Filipinos.
04:22And this is what is following them, the ones who are running the operation,
04:27are the Chinese or foreign nationals.
04:30They are the ones who are supporting them.
04:34The SEC, or Securities and Exchange Commission,
04:37is responsible for the financial lending instruments,
04:40such as online lending applications or platforms.
04:43Since 2023, almost 24,000 complaints have been filed
04:47regarding the unfair debt collection of loans that they have received.
04:51But only more than 300 have formalized their complaints.
04:55There are cases of fraud.
04:58In the SEC Circular 2019-18,
05:01the most prohibited debt collection practices are listed,
05:05such as bribing, blackmailing, and publicizing information.
05:10In the Permission to Access Gallery,
05:13contacts, cameras, microphones, and other devices
05:17are not allowed in the SEC Circular 2019-18.
05:21In the Permission to Access Gallery,
05:24contacts, cameras, and microphones are really prohibited.
05:29We officially write our partners and request for removal.
05:35Monetary penalty, suspension, revocation after the due process.
05:39This is the first news in Nima Refran for GMA Integrated News.