The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said its operatives arrested in Cebu another South Korean national wanted by authorities in his country for involvement in telecommunications fraud.
Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco identified the captured fugitive as 32-year-old Kang Hyeunok, who was arrested in Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City by members of the BI’s fugitive search unit (FSU) headed by Rendel Ryan Sy last August 14.
Tansingco said Kang was arrested on the strength of a deportation warrant issued by the BI board of commissioners in October 2021 when it ordered his expulsion from the country for being an undesirable alien.
Tansingco added that the Korean had been overstaying in the country for more than four years as records show that he last arrived here in July 2019 and did not depart since then.
He is also subject of a red notice from the Interpol which stemmed from the issuance of a warrant of arrest against him by the Suwon district court in Korea on Sept. 13, 2019.
Authorities alleged that Kang heads a voice phishing syndicate that operated since 2017 and which has already defrauded its victims of more than US$840,000.
The syndicate’s telemarketeers reportedly disguised themselves as bankers and managed to induce victims into revealing personal information which they used to defraud and gain illegal profits.
Kang is already an undocumented alien due to a canceled passport and he is detained at the BI warden facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City while awaiting deportation.
