Bluestar Certification Management, the Philippines-based certificate mill that falsely accused Oxebridge of extortion, has shut down its website and operations.
In July of 2025, Oxebridge reported on how Royal Impact Certification Ltd., an India-based ISO certification body, had issued Bluestar an ISO 9001 certificate in apparent violation of ISO 17021-1. That standard prohibits one CB issuing an ISO 9001 certificate to another. Oyong objected, claiming that his company was not a CB and that his company was merely a reseller of certification services for another Indian firm, Bluestar Management Systems. Oxebridge argued it did not matter and provided evidence of Oyong’s own website and social media posts where he was openly selling certification services.
In response, Oyong began a weekslong defamation campaign against Oxebridge, falsely accusing it of extortion and other crimes. The Indian CB, BMS, then fired Oyong and severed ties with the Philippines office entirely.
Oxebridge hired attorneys in that country and demanded Oyong remove his posts, or criminal charges would be filed against him. Defamation in the Philippines is punishable by fines and jail time, and Oyong faced up to eight years in prison and fines of up to $26,000. Oyong removed the posts.
In a bizarre twist, in October of 2025, Oyong wrote to Oxebridge requesting it investigate what appeared to be false claims made against the Philippines Department of Public Works and Highways and TÜV Nord Philippines. Without evidence, Oyong accused the parties of “bid rigging” and other crimes. Oxebridge ignored the request, as it appeared to be the exact same type of defamation Oyong had previously engaged in.
Now, the Bluestar website has been shut down entirely.
Oyong was attempting to rebrand as “Philippines Certification Management,” but that name is already taken by another company in that country. It does not appear that the new company was ever formed.
For years, Oxebridge operated an impartial ISO whistleblower program that reported on scams, conflicts of interest, and violations within the ISO certification scheme. In 2020, the India-based certification body TNV falsely accused Oxebridge of extortion after complaints were filed against it. TNV threatened legal action, but targeted entirely unrelated entities, including a Florida-based puppy adoption service. They then dropped the matter, and no case was ever filed. TNV’s accreditation body, UAF, tossed out the extortion argument, but never took action against TNV.
Another Indian certification body, QCC, then attempted the same false claim in 2025. QCC and its owner, Ram Kala Verma, who circulated a fake image purporting to be an extortion demand by Oxebridge. That matter was reported to the QCC’s accreditation body, the Ethiopian Accreditation Service (EAS), which ignored the false charges and continues to accredit QCC. Verma never filed a case and now faces criminal defamation charges in India.
Oxebridge has never asked for any payments from CBs in any context, including whistleblower reporting.
Despite its success in getting many scammer organizations put out of business, Oxebridge was forced to shut down the ISO Whistleblower program in 2025. This came after UKAS and the IAF colluded to issue an unwritten policy that allows all CBs and ABs to unilaterally ignore any complaint generated by the program, in violation of ISO 17021-1 and ISO 17011. The IAF is reforming as GAC in 2026 and is unlikely to reverse this policy.
Now, certification bodies and accreditation bodies are left without any oversight at all, as IAF / GAC work to help their members violate the rules and break international laws, rather than uphold them.
