BI Deports 9 Fugitive Japanese Nationals Wanted of large-scale Telecom Fraud
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) deported another nine (9) fugitive Japanese nationals wanted of large-scale telecommunication fraud.
In a report of Manila Bulletin, the nine Japanese fugitives who were allegedly wanted in Tokyo for telecommunications fraud were deported back to their country by the BI. The fugitives and their Japanese police escorts flew to Narita via Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 (NAIA-1).
READ ALSO: Trafficking Victim Uses Birth Certificate of Friend to Work Abroad – BI
Based on the report, Matsuoka Shunjiro, Haga Kenji, Yoshizawa Shinichi, Takeda Tasuya, Araki Toshiya, Ogawa Takuma, Hiramura Takashi, Kiya Yasuke, and Ichimura Shuichi were among the deportees. The nine foreign nationals were members of a syndicate that is involved in large-scale telecom fraud and extortion ring.
Agents from the Bureau of Investigation’s Fugitive Search Unit apprehended the Japanese fugitives in a hotel in Makati City in November 2019. According to the immigration bureau, only just two offenders were initially targeted in the arrest, but the operation resulted in the arrest of additional 34 others who were caught participating in the same behavior.
“They were involved in voice phishing and telephone fraud operations that targeted Japanese,” said BI Commissioner Jaime Morente.
Ten more of them were recently deported to face their cases in Tokyo, as previously reported. According to BI Commissioner Jaime Morente, the fugitives have also been placed on the BI’s blacklist, preventing them from returning to the nation.
READ ALSO: 2 Fixers Arrested in an Entrapment Operation Outside LTO in Bulacan
What can you say about this article? Just feel free to leave your reactions in the comment section.
For more news and updates, follow us on Twitter:@philnews_ph Facebook:@PhilNews and; YouTube channel Philnews Ph
