The Bureau of Immigration ordered the deportation of Japan’s most wanted fugitive, who is accused of being the leader of a major fraud ring in Japan.
Misao Koyama, also known as Misao Kaminsukaso, was arrested along Gil Puyat Street in Manila, in a joint operation with Tokyo Interpol, Immigration commissioner Jaime Morente said.
Morente said that Koyama will be deported to Japan where he faces charges for allegedly forging private documents to sell other people’s lands without their consent.
BI-Fugitive and Search Unit Chief Bobby Raquepo said Koyama is allegedly the leader of an eight-man fraud ring accused of selling other people’s property by using forged land deals. They have reportedly swindled “billions of yen” from their victims in Japan.
“Japanese authorities sought our assistance in locating and deporting Koyama as he has a standing warrant of arrest for fraud,” Raquepo said.
“Upon receipt of this information, we immediately conducted an investigation to locate him so he may be sent back to Japan to face his crimes,” he said.
Morente reiterated his warning to fugitives hiding in the Philippines that the Philippines is not the place for them to hide.
“We are closely coordinating with other law enforcement agencies and foreign counterparts.“Do not use the Philippines to evade prosecution. You cannot escape the long arm of the law,” he added.
Meanwhile, twelve more Chinese nationals allegedly involved in illegal online gambling in Pampanga were arrested by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
The NBI said the operatives, who had with them arrest warrants issued by a Tarlac court, raided the house of the alleged illegal online gambling operators in Trinidad Village, Barangay Calibutbut, Bacolor, Pampanga, on December 11, the NBI said Thursday.
The NBI made the arrest following an intelligence report received by the NBI Cybercrime Division on November 29 concerning such illegal activities which were allegedly run without a license from the government.
The arrested Chinese nationals were identified as Chen Ya Ting, Chen Chengang, Sun Qiao Yan, Wei Bing, Lei Shi Feng, Gao Cheng Feng, Lin Jin, Wang Hai Tao, Wu Cheng Pin, Ruan Cheng Hui, Gao Fei and Chen Long Xi, the NBI said.
A suspect, identified as Chen Hao Ran, was not in the area at the time of the operation, it added.
Seized during the raid were 15 mobile phone devices, 11 desktop computers, two laptop computers, two routers and two modem enhancers.
The operatives and technical agents of the NBI’s Digital Forensic Laboratory positively identified the devices as being used in communicating with clients, maintenance, and accounting of funds, the NBI said.
The arrested foreigners face charges for violation of Presidential Decree No. 1602, which prescribes stiffer penalties in illegal gambling, in relation with the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.