Tuesday, October 29, 2024 –A Nigerian national wanted
in the United States for cyber fraud was arrested in Quezon City, in the
Philippines, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said in a statement on Monday,
October 28, 2024.
Immigration
Commissioner, Joel Anthony Viado stated that the BI fugitive search unit (FSU)
nabbed Ahmed Kamilu Alex, 35, along Panay Avenue in Barangay Paligsahan on
October 11, months after he was included in the immigration blacklist for
being a fugitive from justice.
According to Viado, US authorities alleged that Alex conspired with two
other accomplices in perpetrating a cyber fraud scheme by creating bogus
websites that mimicked legitimate US government agencies during the COVID-19
pandemic.
The suspects reportedly managed to charge their unsuspecting victims, who
are mostly military personnel, between US$500 to US$48,500 purportedly as
payment for processing their emergency leave requests through the fake websites.
The
US government requested Alex’s deportation so he could stand trial for his
crimes. He is now under Immigration custody in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City
while awaiting deportation proceedings.
"He
will remain in our immigration blacklist and banned from re-entering the
Philippines after he is deported,” the BI said.
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