SK man nabbed for telco fraud

THE BUREAU of Immigration (BI) has arrested a South Korean (SK) man wanted in Seoul for telecommunication fraud.

Rendel Ryan D. Sy, acting chief of the agency’s fugitive search unit, in a statement said the suspect has a warrant of arrest served by the Seobu branch of the Daegu District Court in Korea.

His cohorts and he allegedly ran a syndicate that used voice phishing to defraud South Koreans of as much as 12 million won (P505,000)

The Korean suspect, who arrived in the Philippines in November 2018, had been overstaying, the bureau said.

He had been blacklisted and would be deported soon, Immigration Commissioner Norman G. Tansingco said in the statement. — Chloe Mari A. Hufana