Korean online gambling boss arrested in QC -BI
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The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced the arrest of a South Korean fugitive wanted by authorities in Seoul for operating an illegal gambling site on the Internet.
In a report to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, the BI’s Fugitive Search Unit (FSU) identified the alien as 45-year-old Lee Jaehun, who was arrested on Tuesday, inside a commercial complex in Brgy. Holy Spirit, Quezon City.
Lee was arrested on the strength of a warrant that Morente issued pursuant to a summary deportation order signed in March 2017, tagging Lee an undesirable and overstaying alien.
It was gathered that Lee had been in the country for almost a decade as record show that he last arrived here in 2012.
According to BI-FSU Acting Chief Rendel Ryan Sy, Lee is subject of an arrest warrant issued by the Changwon District Court in South Korea nearly five years ago after he was charged for violating his country’s law against illegal gambling.
Korean online gambling boss arrested in QC -BI
Sy said Lee was accused of conspiring with other suspects in operating an online server wherein customers would gamble by betting on the results of sports competitions.
South Korean authorities placed the amount of money that gamblers had betted on the site from January 2015 to October 2016 at more than 1.4 trillion won or roughly US$1.17 million.
Sy also reported that Lee’s passport was already revoked by the Korean government, thus making him an undocumented alien.
The fugitive is presently detained at the BI Warden Facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City pending implementation of the deportation order that was issued against him.
He was also placed in the immigration blacklist and banned from re-entering the Philippines.
“There is no holiday break for our operatives,” said Morente. “If you are a foreign national staying here illegally, it is best you legalize your stay before the holidays, unless you want to spend it being arrested and deported,” he warned.
