LOOK: Junket agent, high roller tagged in money laundering scheme

MANILA - For the first time, photos of the two Chinese nationals tagged in the $81 million money laundering scheme have surfaced.

Casino junket operator Kim Wong earlier identified two individuals, a junket agent and a casino high roller, as among those who allegedly had a hand in the money laundering case involving money stolen from the Bangladesh central bank.

“Dalawang foreigners ang nagpasok ng $81 million. Isa sa kanila ay matagal ng labas-pasok sa Pilipinas at kilalang junket agent at isang high roller,” he said.

Wong said he had prepared for the Senate a sealed envelope containing copies of the passports of the two foreigners.

ABS-CBN News obtained copies of the passports of the two Chinese nationals accused by Wong.

One of the identified foreigners is Gao Shuhua, a junket agent from Beijing, China, who had been working with Wong since 2007.

According to Wong, Gao once lost P450 million during a week of gambling in the Solaire casino.

Wong said he referred Gao to Deguito, and the two met at his office in Solaire in 2015 to open the dollar account.

During their meeting, Wong claimed that Deguito suggested a corporate account and that she needed the names of 5 people to open the account. He also claimed that Deguito asked for $2,500 to open the accounts, which Gao approved.

The other Chinese national allegedly involved in the money laundering scheme is Ding Zhize, a high roller from Macau.

Wong said that from the $81 million, around P400 million ($8.88 million) and another $5 million were used at Solaire by junket players.

According to Solaire's legal counsel, Atty. Benny Tan, the casino has frozen the account of Ding's group, amounting to P107,350,602 in chips.

“We confirm that we have frozen the account and we are waiting for a proper court order on how it will be disposed of,” Tan told the senators.

Of the $81 million stolen, an estimated $63 million went to Solaire while an estimated $17 million went to Philrem.

Wong said Gao and Ding wanted the $5 million to themselves, which he said was not part of the deal.

"Ang gentlemen's agreement, walang kukuning cash. Wala sa rules eh. So kaya natira ang $4.63 million dahil nag-aaway na kami. Ang kinuha nila $370,000. Nagagalit na ako kasi wala sa usapan na kukuha ng cash. Kasi itong negosyo namin usapan lang eh, tiwala lang. Sabi ko, 'Niloloko niyo na ako,'" he said.

Wong on Thursday returned the $4.63 million, which was still in safekeeping at Solaire to the Anti-Money Laundering Council.

(READ: Kim Wong turns over $4.63-M to AMLC)