A Japanese man wanted by authorities in Tokyo for theft was arrested by Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives in Pampanga over the weekend.
In his report, BI-fugitive search unit (FSU) chief Rendel Ryan Sy identified the Japanese as Tsukita Yuhei, 28. He was arrested on Monday along Fields Avenue, Brgy. Balibago, Angeles City by members of the BI-FSU, on the strength of a mission order which was issued at the request of the Japanese government which reported the presence of the said fugitive in the country.
According to Sy, a warrant for Yuhei’s arrest was issued by a Tokyo summary court on Oct. 27, 2022 after he was charged with theft in violation of Article 235 of Japan’s penal code.
Japanese authorities alleged that Yuhei and his accomplice stole over eight pieces of ATM cards by impersonating law enforcers in order to deceive their victims in surrendering their cards under the pretext of police investigation.
Over 724,000 yen worth of cash, or more than US$4,600, were allegedly stolen by the suspects through unauthorized withdrawals from the said stolen cards.
A check of Yuhei’s travel records showed that he is already overstaying as he last arrived in the Philippines on March 16, 2019 and never left since then.
He was committed to the BI warden facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City where he will remain while undergoing deportation.
The BI is deporting him for being an undesirable alien and his name will be included in the BI blacklist which would ban him from re-entering the country.
