Jakarta, Indonesia—Indonesian immigration authorities deported Wednesday Filipino fugitive Hector Aldwin Liao Pantollana, who was charged with defrauding thousands of people out of $68 million dollars in a casino-related scheme.
Indonesia’s immigration office handed the Interpol-listed fugitive over to Philippines’ authorities on Tuesday. Criminal charges were filed against Pantollana in May, but he had long since fled the country.
Pantollana was involved in a Ponzi scheme that promised high returns for investing in the casino junket industry, which recruits high rollers to gamble, according to the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission.
He was detained on November 9 on Indonesia’s holiday resort island of Bali as he attempted to board a plane to Hong Kong, according to acting director general of the Indonesian Immigration Office, Saffar Muhammad Godam.
“From the data, we found out that he had entered Indonesia through Ngurah Rai International Airport on October 10,” Saffar said at a press conference also attended by the secretary of Interpol’s local office.
