The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced that it had deported two Japanese nationals wanted for fraud and money laundering in Japan.
Identified as Ito Shinya, 36 and Kawasaki Hiroyuki, 37, the two Japanese were placed on board Japan Airlines Flight JL746bound for Narita, Japan on March 3.
It was learned from BI spokesperson Dana Sandoval that the two fugitives were previously arrested following a coordination with Japanese authorities, which confirmed their involvement in falsification of official documents and financial fraud schemes.
Sandoval said both were charged in Japan for their roles in creating false records on electronic or magnetic notarized deeds and using shell companies to launder illicit funds.
Their deportation was carried out following the approval of the BI Board of Commissioners, which ordered their summary deportation. Both individuals have been included in the BI’s blacklist, effectively barring them from re-entering the country, she added.
The move aligns with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s directive to bolster immigration enforcement and prevent foreign criminals from exploiting the Philippines as a refuge, Sandoval said.
