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81-year-old American deported

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An 81-year-old American wanted in the United States for multiple fraud and other crimes was arrested by Immigration authorities in Parañaque City.

Apprehended was Harold Leigh Andrews who had been hiding in the Philippines for almost five years before he was arrested in his condominium unit at the East Bay Residences along Sucat Road, Parañaque City.

BI Commissioner Jaime Morente ordered the deportation of Andrews for overstaying in the country and being an undesirable alien, as he is a fugitive from justice.

“We will deport him for being an undesirable, overstaying and undocumented alien,” Morente said in a statement Wednesday. 

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 “He no longer holds a valid passport because it was already revoked by the US government.”

BI Intelligence Officer Bobby Raquepo, who heads the Bureau’s Fugitive Search Unit, said that Andrews was the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the grand jury of Baldwin County in Alabama in December 2013.

“We are in close coordination with the US Embassy regarding his case,” said Raquepo.  “The US authorities gave us information on his misdeeds.  Apart from his immigration violation in the Philippines, he is also wanted in his country where he will stand trial for his crimes,” he added.

Andrews was reportedly indicted on multiple counts of fraud before the said grand jury for which reason he fled to the Philippines to avoid arrest and prosecution.

Morente said Andrews had been placed in the Bureau’s blacklist to prevent him from re-entering the Philippines once deported.

The American fugitive will be sent back to the US as soon as the required clearances for his deportation are secured, he added.

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