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Chinese woman wanted for pyramid scam falls in Laguna

By Ferdinand Patinio

May 23, 2023, 10:40 am

<p><em>(Photo courtesy of BI)</em></p>

(Photo courtesy of BI)

MANILA – Immigration authorities recently arrested a Chinese woman who is wanted in her country for involvement in a large-scale pyramid investment scam.

Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco, in a statement Tuesday, said 44-year-old Liu Jing was apprehended at her residence in a subdivision in Biñan, Laguna by operatives from the BI’s fugitive search unit (FSU) on May 19.

She was arrested on the strength of a mission order issued by the BI chief at the request of Chinese authorities.

He said the Chinese government has canceled Liu’s passport, making her an undocumented alien who is subject to summary deportation.

Likewise, the foreigner is an overstaying alien as records showed that she last arrived here as a tourist on Dec. 31, 2019 and never left since then.

“She will thus be deported for being an undesirable, overstaying and undocumented alien,” Tansingco said in a statement.

On the other hand, BI-FSU acting chief Rendel Ryan Sy added that Liu is the subject of an arrest warrant by the public security bureau in Yongjian district of Handan City in Hubei province, China on May 12, 2021.

She was accused of allegedly organizing and operating pyramid investment schemes through a foreign currency exchange platform that swindled more than 300,000 Chinese victims whose combined losses amounted to more than US$2.5 million.

The foreigner is currently detained at the BI warden facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City pending deportation proceedings. (PNA)

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