BI to deport four alien fugitives wanted for fraud

January 14, 2020

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is deporting four arrested fugitives from China and South Korea who are all wanted for fraud by authorities in their country, it said Tuesday.

Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said three of those arrested are Chinese nationals who were apprehended during separate operations by agents from the bureau’s fugitive search unit (FSU) in the cities of Manila and Pasay.

The three, who were identified as Lin Wengao, 41; Zhang Sen, 38; and Zhang Gaosheng, 39, are reportedly wanted for involvement in economic crimes and that warrants for their arrest were issued by Chinese authorities.

All are undocumented aliens as their passports were cancelled by the Chinese government.

“We will deport them immediately and they will be included in our blacklist to make sure that they won’t return to the Philippines,” Morente said.

Citing information from the Chinese embassy in Manila, Morente said the three Chinese nationals conspired to forge a seal of a hospital in China as a result of which they managed to defraud their victims of more than 10 million RMB or nearly $1.5 million.

Investigation revealed that the three aliens arrived separately in the country last year as tourists.

Morente also bared the arrest of Korean national Woo Yong Wook, 45, who is also wanted for fraud by authorities in Seoul.

FSU agents arrested Woo on Friday along Mabini Street, Malate, Manila pursuant to a warrant of deportation issued against him by the BI board of commissioners.

Woo was ordered deported after the Korean authorities informed the BI that he is wanted for masterminding a fraudulent investment scheme wherein the victims lost more than a billion won.

BI FSU Chief Bobby Raquepo said the four were the first batch of fugitives to be arrested in 2020.  In 2019, the BI arrested more than 400 alien fugitives hiding in the country. DMS