Fraud figures exaggerated, Innocentrix claims

The Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) company Innocentrix vehemently denied yesterday that the alleged financial fraud involving two of its executives was only a little over $2 million not $44 million as reported in the news.

Atty. Oliver Baclay, spokesperson for Innocentrix executives Michael Cris Sordilla and Bryan Tarosa, claimed the figure was exaggerated and unsupported by clear evidence.

“Unfortunately, wala pa rin po nabibigay na basis yong $44 million even after a month. And instead, na-move po yong trial dates, deadlines,” Baclay said.

He added that the trial date had been rescheduled from May to August this year.

Baclay clarified that they initially chose not to address the $44 million figure until after the prosecution in the US had been given ample time to present evidence.

'Our position is that there’s no criminal intent, no criminal fraud.'

In an internal investigation conducted by Innocentrix disclosed that only $2 million in transactions occurred, with $1.6 million representing fulfilled contracts and $140,000 refunded. The rest of the amount still being accounted for.

“If you are saying that this certain entity is a scamming operation...then I haven’t heart of a scam entity na nagre-refund," Baclay said.

He stressed that the company even maintained accessible customer service hotlines.

The $2 million clarification and disproving as $44 million figure is crucial to establishing the innocence of Sordilla and Tarosa.

“Our position is that there’s no criminal intent, no criminal fraud,” he insisted.

That Innocentrix had published inspiring stories regardless of the author’s age, even citing younger authors who have been published through the company.

Baclay highlighted that only nine out of more than 800 authors submitted complaints to the US Department of Justice with several of them already refunded prior to the investigation.