AN American fugitive wanted by authorities in Florida for racketeering and financial fraud was arrested by agents of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) in Palawan.
Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansignco identified the American as Rick Lee Crosby Jr., 44.
Operatives from the BI’s Fugitive Search Unit (FSU) arrested Crosby on April 29 in Puerto Princesa City.
Tansingco said Crosby will be immediately sent back to the United States as he was already ordered expelled by the BI last December when the Bureau’s Board of Commissioners issued an order for his summary deportation.
The Board also ordered Crosby’s inclusion in the immigration blacklist, thus banning him from re-entering the Philippines.
Crosby was detained at the National Bureau of Investigation Puerto Princesa District Office prior to his transfer to the BI’s facility in Taguig City.
BI-FSU acting chief Rendel Ryan Sy said Crosby has been on the wanted list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since April 2020 when he was issued an arrest warrant by the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit in Florida.
