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An American national wanted by Interpol and in South Korea for involvement in telecommunications fraud was arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1, said the Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco identified the passenger as 62-year-old Shin Seung Chul, who was arrested on May 7 before he could board a Philippine Airlines flight to Narita, Japan.
Shin presented himself for inspection at the BI departure counter but his name prompted a hit in the BI’s Interpol system, which showed that he was a wanted fugitive from justice in Korea. He was arrested in NAIA when he showed his credentials and his name was already on the list of the NAIA's personnel.
The report said that Shin turned over to personnel of the BI-NAIA’s border control and intelligence unit who then brought him to the BI warden facility in Camp Bagong Diwa where he will remain while undergoing deportation proceedings.
Shin allegedly conspired with two other suspects in defrauding a victim of his money by employing a scheme known as voice phishing. A check of Shin’s travel record showed that he had been hiding in the Philippines for more than seven years, as his last record of arrival was on April 12, 2016.
Shin presented himself for inspection at the BI departure counter but his name prompted a hit in the BI’s Interpol system, which showed that he was a wanted fugitive from justice in Korea. He was arrested in NAIA when he showed his credentials and his name was already on the list of the NAIA's personnel.
The report said that Shin turned over to personnel of the BI-NAIA’s border control and intelligence unit who then brought him to the BI warden facility in Camp Bagong Diwa where he will remain while undergoing deportation proceedings.
Shin allegedly conspired with two other suspects in defrauding a victim of his money by employing a scheme known as voice phishing. A check of Shin’s travel record showed that he had been hiding in the Philippines for more than seven years, as his last record of arrival was on April 12, 2016.