Has CISCO provided the platform for the establishment of an international fraud?

The OVF and Joy Tang would not have been able to establish any partnerships with any serious organization or institution without the credibility of Ms. Tang's claimed background and experience 1996-2003 with CISCO in the U.S., first as an employee and then as a Cisco fellow.

The question is whether Joy Tang in fact has ever worked for Cisco, and if so, what position she held there?

According to Ms. Tang's own written account, she was first employed by Cisco Systems in 1996. She held various positions during her five years with the corporation. Then, in the summer of 2001, she was enrolled as a Cisco Fellow with the Cisco Foundation, a program that was made available as the corporation downsized that year by 8,500 employees. Ms. Tang claims to have held this fellowship until February 2003.

Now, in 2000, Ms. Tang launched into charity by founding the Aids Relief Foundation which was soon thereafter to become the oneVillage Foundation. Thus, during the period that Joy Tang was financed by Cisco to do volunteer work for NGOs, she was running a foundation of her own. A foundation that turns out to be a front for an international fraud network.

At the oneVillage blog, Joy Tang's tenure with Cisco and her efforts to involve the corporation in the oneVillage operations are described by the OVF people:

"...After establishing a successful career at Cisco, oneVillage Foundation founder Joy Tang was assigned to several projects in Africa.

...While at Cisco she lobbied the top level leaders to transition Cisco towards a focus on developing economies in Africa." http://blog.onevillage.tv/?page_id=2

For anyone wanting to verify whether Joy Tang was indeed an employee as she states in her own cv and professional data, they will find that the corporation is not very forecoming in providing such information, even though one would think it would be in their own interest. In any case, Joy Tang is using the name of Cisco to open doors in both Taiwan and the U.S., and to appear to have solid, technological knowledge which she does not have.

The possibility that Ms. Tang would have used her endorsement by the Cisco Foundation as a platform to establish a fraudulent charity raises a number of questions for Cisco:

1. What was the policy of the Cisco Foundation regarding the activities of its fellows in 2001-2003?

2. What criteria does Cisco apply when selecting which NGOs to endorse or to work with?

3. How does Cisco ensure that these NGOs comply with international ethical standards such as the WANGO code of ethics and conduct?

4. Is Cisco aware of instances such as the above where its name is being used to give credibility to NGOs that are not serious charities and which operations are both unethical and illegal in most countries around the world?

5. If not, how can Cisco responsibly address the issue of smaller organizations and institutions with less international experience or knowledge of the aid community being deceived and exploited by delinquent actors drawing advantage from the Cisco brand and name?