BUREAU of Immigration (BI) operatives arrested on Monday a Chinese national found to be running a residence-based cryptocurrency investment scam.
BI fugitive search unit (FSU) agents, in coordination with the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Regional Field Unit National Capital Region and the Department of Justice Office of Cybercrime, reported the arrest of Liu Feng, 41, inside a condominium unit along Diosdado Macapagal Blvd. In Brgy. Tambo, Parañaque City.
Liu was arrested after being caught in the act of operating a workstation that was suspected to be facilitating a cryptocurrency scam.
Intelligence reports received by the BI state that another Chinese national, who was the initial subject of the investigation, was running the online fraud operation together with other cohorts.
Apart from working without a permit, Liu was found to be overstaying, after not applying for an extension of his visa since October 2024.
He is currently in the custody of the CIDG for an in-depth investigation concerning suspected drug paraphernalia recovered in his workstation.
He will likewise face deportation proceedings. Upon deportation, he will be returned to his country of origin and banned from re-entering the Philippines
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