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Thursday, June 14, 2018
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Thursday, June 14, 2018
Philippines releases 8 suspected Israeli fraudsters, says arrests unjustified
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Philippine state prosecutor cuts loose eight Israelis who were arrested last week on suspicion of involvement in an online financial fraud that victimized people overseas.
The eight, who were arrested along with nearly 500 other people, are permitted to leave the country.
The prosecutor concludes that the arrests were unwarranted and that some were based on mistaken identification.
The Israeli men were arrested “while in the act of managing, operating and manning the three target buildings” while the Filipinos were caught communicating and doing online transactions with foreign clients from Europe, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Russia, police said at the time of their arrest.
— with AP
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