Business as usual in raided call center

WORK has resumed in the  call center which was raided by police last Monday  on suspicion of illegal online selling of Viagra and other branded virility drugs.

Only one night shift was affected by the police operation, according to a  security guard of the building whose second floor was rented by  724 Care Incorporated in Subangdaku, Mandaue City.

“Sige man ang trabaho, kadto rang Monday night maoy way trabaho,” said security guard Junjun Vender  yesterday of the building in Subangdaku, Manadaue City.

(Work  continues. It was only on Monday night that there was no work.)

No one was arrested but the police confiscated one desktop unit, an LCD monitor, keyboard, headset and other accessories.

The evidence will be sent to Manila to be presented to the court which issued a search warrant for computer gear alleged to be used in the fraudulent sale of pharmaceutical drugs, including sexual  potency enhancers Viagra and Cialis.

Earlier, Dominador Cafe, legal counsel of the call center, complaind that the firm lost revenue due to the work stoppage during the raid which started at 10 p.m. and lasted five hours.

He said the company’s outsourcing business is engaged in selling insurance and other services.

Cafe yesterday said some  call center agents were afraid to report back for work.

He said a pregnant worker was  hospitalized  because of the trauma experienced during the raid.

Some employees, he said also received several calls from agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)  probing for information  on line selling of  their online products.

The search warrant was issued by the Manila Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Marino Dela Cruz Jr. for alleged violation of Republic Act A 8484 or the Access Devices Act and the Special Law on Counterfeit Drugs.

Police said the may file charges against owners and incorporators of the company  in Manila.

The CIDG team lead by Senior Supt. Gilbert Sosa, chief of Anti-Transnational and Cyber Crimes Division (ATCD) yesterday left for Manila bringing documents and other evidence gathered during the search.

“Our equipment was very useful in this case,” said Senior Supt. Michael Virtudazo, chief of the Digital Forensic Division of CIDG Central Visayas.

He said their new equipment to track cyber crime was used  to build up the case  against the call center.