A 31-year-old Korean fugitive who was about to leave the country, was apprehended at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported on Monday. According to BI intelligence chief Fortunato Manahan Jr., Ko Daeyun was apprehended at the NAIA 3 terminal last April 25 before boarding a Cebu Pacific flight to Seoul. He was prevented from boarding the flight after an officer at the immigration departure counter noticed that his name is in the bureau's watchlist of wanted foreign fugitives. The foreigner is reportedly facing a deportation case before the BI legal division where he was charged for undesirability due to his being a fugitive from justice. Korean authorities have reportedly accused Ko of being a member of a telecommunications fraud syndicate that preys on its victims through voice phishing, or using phone calls to gain access to a person's money and other personal information. It was alleged that Ko enticed a victim to give him his debit card and was able to withdraw more than half a million won, or nearly USD400,000, from October to December 2021 after promising the victim that his money would earn interest in a lending business. The foreign national is detained at the BI detention facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City pending deportation proceeding

Source: Philippines News Agency