ANN/THE STRAITS TIMES – Two of the four suspects believed to be behind a spate of robberies and telephone fraud cases across Japan were deported from the Philippines yesterday. Japanese news outlets and social media have been captivated by the crimes that allegedly involved ringleaders based in the Philippines. Low-level criminals arrested in Japan told […]
Two of the four suspects believed to be behind a spate of robberies and telephone fraud cases across Japan were deported from the Philippines on Tuesday.
Japanese fugitives Toshiya Fujita (left) and Kiyoto Imamura (right) (Photo courtesy of DOJ) MANILA - Two Japanese nationals who are allegedly members of a crime ring behind a series of violent robberies in their home country were deported on Tuesday. In a statement, Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco said Toshiya Fujita and Kiyoto Imamura, both 38, boarded a Japan Airlines flight past 9 a.m. He added that maximum security has been implemented to ensure the smooth deportation of these high-profile criminals. The two have been tagged by the Japanese government as fugitives from justice with warrants issued against them. Fujita was apprehended by the BI Fugitive Search Unit in Barangay Anilao Proper in Mabini, Batangas on Feb. 21, 2021, and has been tagged by Japanese authorities as a senior member of an organized fraud group engaged in a phone scam. An arrest warrant was reportedly issued against him in Tokyo. Imamura was arrested a day after Christmas in 2019 after
The Philippines deported on Tuesday two of four Japanese men suspected of planning and coordinating a string of robberies across Japan beginning last year, with Japanese police immediately arresting them when they boarded a flight to Japan. The arrests of Kiyoto Imamura and Toshiya Fujita, both 38, came after days…