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Kim Hyungju, a 45-year-old fugitive wanted in South Korea for telecommunications fraud, was arrested on September 14, 2024, at a house on Pandan-Tabun Road, Angeles City, Pampanga. The Korean court has issued a warrant of arrest for Kim, who is accused of being a member of a voice phishing syndicate and allegedly embezzled more than 100 million won, the equivalent of over US$74,000, from his victims.
On the same day, the BI-Fugitive Search Unit also arrested Oh Suhong, 46 years old, on Walking Street, Angeles City, Pampanga, who was wanted for operating an illegal online gambling site. He has a warrant of arrest from the Korean court for violating the country's law against the game industry promotion act. In 2021, it was found that Oh bought 40 units of game consoles used for online betting for his customers.
Meanwhile, on September 19, BI-SFU personnel arrested Kim Hyojoong, 44 years old, in Executive Village, Taytay, Rizal, who was wanted for fraud. Kim is said to have taken 73 million won from 23 victims by promising to process their visas while he was still an employee at the Canada immigration support center in Seoul, South Korea. It turned out that Kim also had a criminal case for kidnapping and blackmail.
The three detainees are set to be deported back to South Korea and their passports have been invalidated. The new Immigration Commissioner, Joel Anthony Viado, assured that they would not be able to return to the Philippines.
