JOINT operatives on Tuesday arrested in Angeles City, Pampanga a South Korean national wanted in his country for involvement in a multi-million dollar investment scam .
Nabbed was Kim Yerum, tagged as a member of the Minjun Family in South Korea, accused of defrauding some 215 victims of approximately US$21 million in 2019.
The Korean was arrested on the strength of a deportation warrant issued by Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco based on a summary deportation order which the BI Board of Commissioners issued against the accused in October 2021.
Yerum was the suspect of an Interpol Red Notice and an arrest warrant issued by the Suwon District Court of the Republic of Korea.
The arrested Korean is now in the custody of the Bureau of Immigration Fugitive Search Unit for documentation and while awaiting deportation.
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