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MANILA, Philippines—The Bureau of Immigration already started deportation proceedings against an American fugitive who is wanted by federal authorities in the United States on multiple counts of securities fraud.
Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan said Scott Alln Frye, 41, is currently detained at the Bicutan jail. He was arrested last week at his residence in Balibago, Angeles City.
Frye was arrested on the strength of a mission order that was issued by BI Executive Director Franklin Littaua, whom Libanan has authorized to supervise the bureau’s Intelligence and Law Enforcement Operations.
“As we have always warned other foreign fugitives, the Philippines is not a haven for wanted criminals, thus they should not seek sanctuary here,” Libanan said.
Citing information obtained from the US embassy, lawyer Antonio Rivera, head of the BI-Deportation Unit, said Frye is the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant issued by a US district court in Alabama where he was charged with several counts of securities fraud.
Securities fraud is an act committed by an entity intending to manipulate the market through deliberate concealment or distortion of information.
Libanan said upon his deportation, Frye will be placed in the immigration blacklist and banned from re-entering the Philippines.
