(Photo from BI)
MANILA – A Japanese national wanted by authorities in Tokyo for involvement in financial fraud was arrested by Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents in Pasay City.
Commissioner Norman Tansingco said Sato Shohei, 32, was arrested by the BI’s fugitive search unit (FSU) last April 24 along Newport Boulevard.
The arresting agents were armed with a warrant issued by the BI chief pursuant to a summary deportation order that the BI Board of Commissioners issued against the foreigner last February.
“He was ordered deported after the Japanese government sought our assistance in locating and arresting him so he can be deported to his country to stand trial for his alleged crimes,” he said in a statement
Tansingco added that Shohei was already placed in the immigration blacklist, thus he is perpetually banned from reentering the country for being an undesirable alien.
On the other hand, BI-FSU acting chief Rendel Ryan Sy reported that the foreign national has an standing warrant of arrest by a summary court in Tokyo where a case for theft was filed against him in October 2022.
Japanese authorities have reportedly alleged that Shohei conspired with several other accomplices in stealing money from the bank accounts of victims whose ATM cards they obtained by misrepresenting themselves as police officers or financial service agency representatives.
The Japanese is currently detained at the BI warden facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City while awaiting deportation. (PNA)
