CIDG nabs South Korean ‘scammer’ in Pampanga

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP- CIDG) on Thursday said it arrested a South Korean man in Pampanga for allegedly scamming several of his compatriots.

The foreigner had been tracked for a few weeks until he was nabbed in Barangay Balibago, Angeles City through a Bureau of Immigration (BI) mission order last Saturday night, CIDG-National Capital Region (NCR) chief Col. John Guiagui told reporters in Camp Crame.

The arrested South Korean man was identified by the alias “Park,” 44.

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According to the CIDG NCR chief, Park had victimized seven individuals on 24 separate transactions worth 170 million Korean won (roughly P6.75 million).

“He introduces himself as a legitimate businessman. He sells them supposedly good products, then he takes his clients’ money, then he leaves them hanging,” Guiagui said in Filipino.

He added that Park was the subject of an International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) red notice published last May 7 in connection with an arrest warrant issued by the Busan District Court for fraud.

Guiagui added that, according to the BI, Park had arrived in the Philippines last December.

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“Last June 1, he wanted to renew his documents, but he didn’t appear before the Bureau of Immigration. Instead, he asked someone else to do it on his behalf. That led to the discovery of the red notice,” he said.

Park is now currently under BI custody, awaiting possible deportation for being an undesirable alien. /gsg

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