Pagadian City Mayor Samuel Co has gone into hiding after learning that an Iligan City court had ordered his arrest in connection with the P12-billion Aman Futures pyramiding scam, according to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima ordered the Bureau of Immigration to stop its investigation into the escape of a wanted Korean national, saying only one body should conduct the probe.
Personnel from the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) were also involved in the escape of a fugitive Korean, Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said Tuesday.
Victims of Aman Future pyramiding scheme need to wait 15 months before Aman Founder Manuel Amalilio returns to the country but Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said the Philippine government is working for a shorter period.
Lawyers from the Department of Justice would fly to Malaysia to formally start the process of extraditing Manuel Amalilio for allegedly swindling 15 million Filipinos of P12 billion in an investment scam, Malacañang said Sunday.
Malaysia has no plans to extradite Manuel Karingal Amalilio (aka Mohammad Kamal Sa’ad), who is wanted by Philippine authorities for allegedly swindling 15,000 Filipinos of P12 billion in a fraudulent investment scheme, but who has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by a Sabah court for possession of a fake Philippine passport.
Malaysia is not planning to extradite a man wanted in the Philippines for duping 15,000 people in a P12-billion investment scam despite a request from Manila.
Malaysian authorities on Friday stopped the deportation to the Philippines of alleged Ponzi scheme operator Manuel Amalilio as he was about to board a plane to Manila with National Bureau of Investigation agents.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima on Wednesday confirmed that Malaysian authorities have already arrested Manuel Amalilio, founder of Aman Futures Group involved with the multi-billion pyramiding scheme.
Malaysian police are now looking for Manuel Amalilio, the alleged brains behind the Aman Futures investment scam who has been reported to be hiding in Kota Kinabalu, National Bureau of Investigation Director Nonnatus Rojas said on Friday.
