2 US fugitives wanted for fraud, money laundering fall in Pampanga

September 1, 2019

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will be deporting two Americans who were arrested in Pampanga early this month due to large-scale fraud cases that federal authorities have filed against them in Texas.

BI Deputy Spokesperson Melvin Mabulac identified the fugitives as Robert Wayne Boling Jr., 38, and Allan Albert Velarde Kerr, 30, who were arrested last Aug. 7 in the cities of Angeles and Mabalacat, respectively, by operatives from the Bureau’s Fugitive Search Unit (FSU).

He stated that the duo will be deported for being undesirable aliens and because they have become undocumented since their passports expired several years ago.

“They will be sent home to face trial for the crimes they allegedly committed. Also, their continued presence here poses a risk to public safety and security,” Mabulac added.

BI Intelligence Officer and FSU Chief Bobby Raquepo disclosed that Boling and Kerr are subjects of arrest warrants issued by a US district court in Western Texas on July 23 this year.

Both of them were reportedly charged before the said court with Wire Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering and Aggravated Identity Theft.

Raquepo said that prior to their capture, the duo overstayed in the country for many years during which they operated their fraudulent racket in connivance with other suspects here and in the US.

It was found that Boling has been here since Aug. 26, 2011 while Kerr’s last arrival was on Dec. 1, 2006.

According to the US embassy, the two are among the suspects who fraudulently gained access to various US Department of Defense (DOD) network systems and huge caches of documents which enabled them to acquire Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of thousands of US military servicemen.

The suspects thus obtained access to multiple types of multiple medical, financial and personal records, thus enabling them to change the demographic and financial information of unsuspecting military servicemen.

As a result, they were able to use the stolen information to compromise and take over bank accounts after which the victims' funds are moved through funnel accounts, withdrawn from various banks throughout the US and wired to the suspects and their accomplices in the Philippines via wire money transfers. DMS