MANILA, Philippines — A chairman of a prominent local beauty pageant in the Philippines who is also a top executive of a Cebu-based business process outsourcing (BPO) company was arrested in December in connection with an alleged multi-million-dollar book publishing scam targeting elderly authors in the United States.
Michael Cris Traya Sordilla, founder and CEO of Innocentrix Philippines and chairman of the Hiyas ng Pilipinas beauty pageant, was arrested alongside his partner and Innocentrix Philippines vice president of operations, Bryan Navales Tarosa in San Diego on Dec. 9, 2024.