Two South Korean fugitives have been deported to their country where they are wanted for electronic financial fraud, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Tuesday, Sept. 3.
The BI identified them as Kwon Hyuckkeun, 41, and You Hyun Tea, 53, who were arrested last May and June this year.
They have been placed under the BI's blacklist as undesirable aliens and banned from re-entering the Philippines.
Prior their arrest, the bureau said the two foreigners were ordered deported in 2021 for being undesirable aliens and being fugitives from justice.
“Red notices issued by the Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization) revealed that the duo are subjects of criminal cases accusing them of violating Korea’s electronic financial transactions act,” it said.
It also said that "You Hyun conspired with an accomplice to operate an illegal sports gambling site in the Internet.”
“The suspects allegedly managed to borrow money from their victims who were promised 30 percent of their profit but were instead defrauded of more than 100 million won, or about $82,000,” it added.
“Kwon, on the other hand, allegedly operated a call center that employed voice phishing to defraud victims who were duped into sending their debit cards to the suspects who promised their money would yield profits in low-interest loan transactions,” the BI said.