(Photo from the Bureau of Immigration)
According to the Bureau of Immigration (BI), 37-year-old Jason Han Hsu, a US passport holder, was about to board an Air Asia flight bound for Osaka, Japan when BI personnel intercepted him.
Hsu's name is on Interpol's red notice list due to his involvement in a voice phishing syndicate that operated in China, where calls were made to its victims in South Korea.
Investigations revealed that from May 2018 to November 2019, Hsu offered Koreans substantial loans at low interest rates. However, the victims were required to first deposit money as an advance payment into bank accounts owned by Hsu and his syndicate members.
It is estimated that they swindled around US$1.06 million from their victims in South Korea.
Hsu is currently detained at the BI Detention Facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Bicutan, Taguig City while deportation proceedings are being arranged.
Hsu has been blacklisted by Immigration and will no longer be able to return to the Philippines.
