No involvement

We write in behalf of our client, Calvin Wilson, in reference to the excerpt involving Mr. Wilson included in the article entitled “Ruling against PDAF also removes DAP” written by your Mr. Jarius Bondoc in his “Gotcha” column, and appearing on page 17 of the 25 November 2013 issue of your newspaper.

In the interest of truth, we advise you and your readership that:

 1. Police personnel did not raid the call center of bodog.com. Rather, search warrants were applied for, issued and enforced, on 21 November 2012, against the offices or premises of three domestic companies, namely, De Janeiro Global Solutions BPO, Inc., Fenris Ventures Corp. and Spectrogen Corp.

2. bodog.com is not even a business entity or enterprise. There is no business organization anywhere in the world called bodog.com.

3. bodog.com is a mere domain name that is now owned or controlled by the US Federal Government.

4. Calvin Wilson is not a stockholder in any of the domestic corporations against which said search warrants were enforced. This can be readily verified with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

5. Like any of the many business process outsourcing firms in the country, de Janeiro Global Solutions BPO, Inc. and Spectrogen Corp. were organized, and are actually operating, as mere backroom or support services providers to their clients. On the other hand, Fenris Ventures Corp. was organized, and is actually operating, as an online money remittance firm. None of these firms is operating or maintaining any online gambling venture, much less an illegal one. None of them receives or places bets for anyone.

6. There is no business entity or enterprise claiming to own or using the domain name bodog.com that owns any offices in Makati City or Quezon City.

7. Mr. Wilson does not engage and has never engaged in any illegal online gambling. No business organization using the domain name bodog.com has ever engaged in any illegal online gambling.

8. Mr. Wilson has not offered gambling services inside the Philippines or to any Filipino citizen.

9. The rape charge against Mr. Wilson, which is patently baseless and a mere fabrication, has been withdrawn after the complainant retracted under oath her accusation before the public prosecutor and admitted that she was merely induced into filing the charge by certain individuals conspiring against Mr. Wilson. This can be easily verified with the Office of the City Prosecutor of Makati.

10. These conspirators were former employees of the raided companies who, based on an extensive forensic audit, were found to have embezzled or stolen company funds or properties and were thus removed therefrom. So far six (6) cases have been filed against these conspirators, among them Patrick Selin, Jan Robert Gustafsson and Sylvia Bernadette de Guzman, for carnapping, estafa and/or qualified theft. This can be easily verified with the Office of the City Prosecutor of Makati.

In the interest of basic fairness, we request you to publish this letter. We trust we have made our client’s position clear on the matter.