Overview
- Authorities in Bavaria say the 62-year-old was deported from the Philippines to Germany in late April 2026 after his asylum case closed.
- Investigators link him to more than 140 fake shops and roughly 8,000 paid orders with no delivery, causing losses in the mid six-figure euro range.
- Cybercrime units in Bamberg and Augsburg used technical forensics and crypto transaction tracing to pinpoint the suspect.
- A court issued national and European arrest warrants in December 2024, and a Philippine special unit arrested him in March 2025 for an immigration violation.
- Police say he hid traces with many bank and online accounts set up with other people’s data, and financial tracking continues in Germany.