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Filipino fugitive wanted for $68 million scam arrested in Bali
According to the Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission, Hector Aldwin Liao Pantollana was involved in a Ponzi scheme that promised high returns for investing in the casino junket industry -- which recruits high rollers to gamble.
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Acting Director General of Immigration Saffar Muhammad Godam (front left) and Secretary of the National Central Bureau Interpol Indonesia Krishna Murti (front right) brief journalists as immigration officers escort Filipino fugitive Hector Aldwin Liao Pantollana (center) during a press conference in Jakarta on November 26, 2024. (AFP/Bay Ismoyo)
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he Immigration Office said it handed an Interpol-listed fugitive over to Philippines' authorities on Tuesday, after he was charged with defrauding thousands of people out of $68 million dollars in a casino-related scheme.
According to the Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission, Hector Aldwin Liao Pantollana was involved in a Ponzi scheme that promised high returns for investing in the casino junket industry -- which recruits high rollers to gamble.
Criminal charges were filed against Pantollana in May, but Philippines' authorities said he had long since fled the country.
He was detained on November 9 in Bali as he attempted to board a plane to Hong Kong, according to acting director general of the Immigration Office, Saffar Muhammad Godam.
"From the data, we found out that he had entered Indonesia through Ngurah Rai International Airport on October 10," Godam said at a press conference also attended by the secretary of Interpol's local office.
Godam said the Interpol red list-wanted fugitive was handed over to the Philippines embassy on Tuesday and will be flown home Wednesday.
