THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Friday deported the latest batch of online gaming workers, who were arrested in an alleged scam hub in Pasay City in August.
BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco shared that the deportation of 36 Chinese nationals was conducted by the agency, in partnership with the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC).
The group was deported on board a Royal Air flight to Nanning City, China.
It can be recalled that the said Chinese nationals were arrested in a joint operations by the PAOCC, Department of Justice (DOJ), Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Philippine National Police (PNP) and the BI at the SKK building in Pasay City.
The foreign nationals were reportedly found to be involved in a hub conducting crypto scams. Their names have likewise been included in the BI’s blacklist.
Tansingco said that foreign nationals who abuse the country’s hospitality and operate illegal companies in the Philippines are not welcome in the country.
“We will not stop until all foreign nationals who conduct scamming activities here in the Philippines are arrested and deported,” he stated.
