The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is set to deport two South Koreans wanted by authorities in their country for telecom fraud.
In a report to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, the BI’s Fugitive Search Unit (FSU) identified the captured alien fugitives as Kim Youngsoo, 38, and Choi Youngsoo, 38.
They were arrested on Valentine’s Day by FSU operatives at their residence in Bgy. Baudago, Angeles City, pursuant to a warrant of deportation issued by Morente.
According to FSU Acting Chief Rendel Ryan Sy, a deportation order against Kim and Choi was already issued by the BI Board of Commissioners in 2015 after the South Korean authorities informed the Bureau about their crimes.
Records show that the duo are already overstaying, having arrived together in Manila on December 13, 2015 as temporary visitors. Their passports have likewise been canceled already by their government, making them undocumented aliens.
Information provided by the Interpol’s National Central Bureau (NCB) in Manila revealed that both Kim and Choi are subjects of arrest warrants issued by the Busan District Court in South Korea.
Vday arrest yields 2 Koreans wanted for telecom fraud
They were charged with conspiring with three other suspects in running a voice phishing operation from Bangkok, Thailand from March to June 2015 which preyed on many of their compatriots in Manila.
The suspects allegedly hacked the computers and obtained personal information about their victims, to whom they made telephone calls by pretending that they are bank officers. Combined losses incurred by the victims reportedly amounted to more than 196.5 million won or roughly US$164,000.
Both aliens are presently detained at the BI Warden Facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City pending the implementation of the deportation order against them.
Last week, Bureau’s Fugitive Search Unit (FSU) arrested South Korean fugitive 44-year-old Choi Sungeun in his hotel room at Bgy. Tramo in Pasay City.
Choi was arrested on the strength of a warrant of deportation which Morente issued pursuant to a deportation order that was issued against the Korean by the BI Board of Commissioners in 2019 for being an undesirable alien.
He has also been tagged as an undocumented alien due to the cancellation of his passport by the South Korean government.
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