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FIL-AM DIPLOMAT ON THE RUN AFTER MAJOR FRAUD

16 March 2010

A Filipino American official of the United States Department of Homeland Security who fled his post in South Korea is wanted in California in connection with a $240,000 wire fraud, according to a statement seen Monday.

Dario Tomas, 51, was charged on Friday by a federal grand jury with defrauding investors by falsely promising to open a computer training school in the Philippines, said the statement from the US attorney's office in San Diego.

The offence is punishable by up to 20 years' imprisonment, according to the statement which gave Tomas's address as Oceanside in California. FULL STORY


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