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2 S Koreans wanted for telecom fraud fall in Paranaque

(Photo courtesy of CIDG) MANILA - Police officers have arrested two South Korean nationals wanted for telecommunications fraud in their home country in Paranaque City. In a statement Friday, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) chief Brig. Gen. Ronald Lee said suspects Juyeon Lee and Seungyeol Lim were arrested by members of the Anti-Transnational Crimes Unit and Intelligence Division of South Korea and the Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents in an operation at the BF Homes on Thursday night. The suspects have a red notice from the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) for transnational crime. Lee and Lim are members of a phone scam syndicate operating in the Philippines from 2015 to 2016 which preys on victims by posing as bank officials or sellers of a call center in Manila. The suspects worked for the syndicate from February to July 2016 and were able to defraud a total of 2.8 billion Korean won (around PHP115 million) by performing the illegal activity. L

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