A South Korean individual wanted in Seoul for defrauding a fellow countryman in a fraudulent sale transaction was apprehended in Mindanao on Friday, according to the Bureau of Immigration (BI).
Park Sang Hyun, 63, was apprehended by BI fugitive search unit (FSU) operatives in Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, on Wednesday, according to BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco.
The arresting agents were equipped with a deportation warrant issued by the commissioner in November of last year.
According to BI-FSU acting commander Rendel Ryan Sy, the Korean was issued an arrest order by an Incheon district court in 2019.
He was charged in 2017 with scamming another Korean out of more than USD 61,000.
Park was accused of failing to deliver second-hand clothing to the victim, which the latter intended to resell online.
"He is also an undocumented alien as a result of the Korean government's cancellation of his passport," the BI stated.
The foreigner will be held at the BI facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City, until he is deported.
