The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested on Monday, April 5, the “most wanted Korean fugitive” in Molo district, Iloilo City.
Identified as Park Kyounghyoun, the 52-year-old Korean national is on the International Criminal Police Organization’s (Interpol) list of most wanted fugitives, according to the CIDG-Iloilo.
He was nabbed in a boarding house in Barangay West Timawa around 3 p.m. by virtue of an arrest warrant issued by the Interpol National Central Bureau (NCB) in Seoul.
Park was charged with fraud in South Korea and has been hiding in the city for almost three years.
Police Major Jess Baylon, CIDG-Iloilo Field Unit commander, said Park is accused of swindling 316 Korean won or 13 million pesos from each of his 32 victims.
The suspect enticed them to put in their money in a fraudulent investment scheme.
The CIDG-Iloilo is now coordinating with the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) for the return of Park to South Korea.IMT
