An Australian businessman , who was charged with horrific child abuse in the Philippines , reportedly fled a string of fraud and sold his young bride as a prostitute . Peter Gerard Scully slipped out of Melbourne and fled to Manila in 2011 after he allegedly scammed more than $ 2.68 million from 20 investors in an investment scheme , The Age reports . Scully was under investigation from 2009 by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission but avoided being charged with 117 fraud and deception offences , having departed Victoria . When the 52-year-old returned to Australia , he was accompanied by a Malaysian teenager named Ling , who was believed to be his 'girlfriend ' before he turned her into a prostitute , associates claim . Peter Gerald Scully ( right ) was arrested for human trafficking and child porn-related offences arising from his alleged sexual abuse of Filipino girls which was filmed and then posted online for paying clients . The allegations followed as the father-of-two was arrested last month after the body of a teenage girl was found buried under a house he rented in Malaybalay , Bukidnon . Scully was charged on Friday and he could now face the death penalty in the Philippines after being accused of killing a child and orchestrating an international paedophile ring . The Age reports Scully was never charged with child sex crimes in Victoria but a number of associates claimed he had a horrific sexual history . An unnamed former business associate , who lost more than $ 200,000 in the fraudulent scheme , told The Age he was neither surprised about the recent charges laid against Scully . 'Does it surprise me ? ' the associate said . 'Yes and no . The signs were always there for him , but it 's gone to a dark place . ' A search warrant was issued for his arrest in 2012 but Scully remained in the Philippines , where he allegedly established a lucrative business live-streaming videos in a 'pay for view ' scheme . Police alleged Scully would undertake acts in response to requests from his clients from across the globe , who paid to live-stream videos of children being tortured and sexually abused . It has sparked such an outrage in the Philippines that calls are growing daily to have him executed . It 's alleged Scully , from the Melbourne suburb of Burwood , had took part in perverted acts against children as young as one , which he filmed . The death penalty was suspended in the Philippines in 2006 , but an influential conservative politician told The Sydney Morning Herald that the Australian 's alleged crimes were so depraved he should be put to death . 'The Philippine government should directly and seriously address the problem of paedophilia , child exploitation and sexual abuse by supporting the move to reimpose the death penalty , ' Sherwin Gatchalian , an MP with the Nationalist People 's Coalition , said . Filipinos across the country took to social media to call for his execution . Scully managed to avoid being arrested until February 20 this year before a former partner told police that Scully had killed one of his child victims in 2013 . It was after this shocking revelation that the remains of a 10-year-old girl were found at a home formerly rented by Scully . An extremely graphic and distressing account by two young girls , who survived the trauma of Scully 's alleged torturous abuse , paints a horrifying picture of what at least a dozen children are alleged to have endured in his home . Agent Janet Francisco ( right ) , who was responsible for cracking the case and the rescue of several victims from Scully 's house , is pictured with one of the rescued girls ( left ) Cousins , going by the name of Daisy,11 , and and Queenie , 10 , told rappler news site about the fateful day in September 2014 when they were approached by Scully 's live-in partner , Carme Ann 'Angel ' Alvarez . Alvarez , who was only 17 at the time and an alleged former victim of Scully 's , offered the girls food at Centrio Mall in Cagayan de Oro City and then invited them back to their house . Daisy said when they got to the house , Alvarez bathed the girls while Scully , who she referred to as the 'American ' , videoed them . The next morning the girls were asked to start digging a hole in the ground but had no idea why they had been asked to do the unusual task . It was then after lunch that things became even more disturbing when allegedly Scully undressed the girls and told them to kiss each other . The remains of a 10-year-old girl were found at a home formerly rented by Scully after he was arrested .
Peter Gerald Scully was arrested in Philippines on child sex trafficking charges . It 's alleged that he scammed $ 2.68 million from investors before fleeing the country in 2011 where he avoided being charged with fraud offences . The 52-year - old was reportedly accompanied by a young Malaysian woman when he returned to Australia before he turned her into a prostitute . It intensified after he was charged with horrific child abuse in the Philippines . The Melbourne ##ully is accused of killing a year - old girl . The 52-year - old allegedly owns an international paedophile clinic . Filipinos are so outraged with the case they want him to be prosecuted .