The Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported Wednesday the arrest of a Chinese national allegedly running a cryptocurrency scam from his condominium unit in Parañaque City.

Immigration operatives, working in coordination with the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and the Department of Justice, arrested the suspect identified as Liu Feng inside a condominium along Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard in Barangay Tambo on 3 November.

According to the BI, Liu was apprehended while running a workstation suspected of being used for an online fraud scheme. Initial reports suggest that another Chinese national, the original suspect of the investigation, had been conducting the operation with several cohorts.

Further investigation revealed that Liu had been working without a permit and had overstayed in the country since October 2024. Liu is currently detained by the CIDG after authorities also discovered suspected drug paraphernalia in his unit during the operation.