According to the Indonesian immigration office, a fugitive on the Interpol list was surrendered to Philippine authorities on Tuesday after being accused of defrauding thousands of people out of $68 million in a casino-related scheme.
According to the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Philippines, Hector Aldwin Liao Pantollana is involved in a Ponzi scheme that promised large returns to investors in the casino junket industry—a system for recruiting high rollers to gamble.
In May, Pantollana was charged with a criminal case, but Philippine authorities stated that he had long since fled the country.
Pantollana was arrested on November 9 on the holiday resort island of Bali, Indonesia, while attempting to board a plane to Hong Kong, according to Saffar Muhammad Godam, acting director general of the Indonesian Immigration Office.
"Based on the data, we found that he entered Indonesia through Ngurah Rai International Airport on October 10," said Saffar at a press conference also attended by the secretary of the local Interpol office.
Saffar stated that the fugitive on Interpol's red list was surrendered to the Philippine embassy on Tuesday and would fly back to the country on Wednesday.
