7 Israelis in alleged online scam flee

SEVEN of the eight Israelis arrested earlier this month for allegedly operating a multi-million dollar investment scam at the Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga have left the country despite pending criminal cases, while the other one was intercepted by airport immigration officers.

Marc Red Mariñas, Bureau of Immigration (BI) officer in charge-associate commissioner and port operations division chief, told The Manila Times on Wednesday that immigration officers were helpless in preventing the departure of the Israelis as there were no formal complaints filed before the bureau and no hold-departure order (HDO) was issued by the courts.