Bureau of Immigration deports Korean for fraud, estafa

MANILA, Philippines - The Bureau of Immigration (BI) recently deported a Korean man wanted for a string of fraud and estafa cases in his country.

Yang Jung Zik, 61, left last Monday aboard a Korean Air flight to Seoul.

Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said Yang was deported three days after his arrest in Cebu City by operatives of the bureau’s fugitive search unit (FSU).

He said Yang was arrested at the request of the Korean embassy, which informed the BI about his criminal record.

According to David, Yang is the subject of four outstanding arrest warrants issued by the southern district court in Seoul.

Ma. Antonette Mangrobang, BI acting intelligence chief, said the complainants accused Yang of not paying more than 400 million Korean won he borrowed from them.

All the complainants alleged that they were induced by Yang to lend him their money as he would pay them back out of the profits from his car business, which was nonexistent, Mangrobang said.

She said Yang hid in the country for more than seven years before he was apprehended and deported. Yang arrived in Manila on Jan. 9, 2005 and there was no record that he applied for an extension of his tourist visa, Mangrobang said.