nationataglance Korean wanted for fraud to be deported

A SOUTH Korean fugitive wanted by authorities in Seoul for operating a multimillion-dollar telephone fraud scheme has been caught in Manila and is poised for deportation. The Bureau of Immigration (BI), in a statement released yesterday, identified the suspect as 35-year-old Jung Hyojin, who headed a criminal organization in Korea from 2013 to 2015 that defrauded Korean victims of more than $8 million. The BI said the suspect is an overstaying and undocumented alien in the Philippines as his passport has already been canceled by the Korean Government. BI Commissioner Jaime H. Morente said Mr. Jung, who is the subject of an Interpol red notice, was issued three arrest warrants by the Seoul Central District Court where he was indicted for organizing a fraud syndicate, an offense that carries a maximum jail term of 10 years. BI data shows Jung fled to Manila on Feb. 23, 2015 and did not leave the country since then.