Indonesian police nab fugitive wanted by Interpol

Beam Marcus wearing a protective equipment as precaution against the coronavirus, is flanked by police as he is presented to the media during a press conference at the Regional Police Headquarters in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Friday on July 24, 2020. Authorities on the resort island arrested Beam, an American fugitive accused of investment fraud in the United States involving hundreds of thousands of dollars, police said Friday. The US Securities and Exchange Commission said on its website that Beam, of Woodridge, Illinois, is accused of misappropriating about US$500,000 from investors to be placed in investment funds. - AP

JAKARTA, July 25 (Xinhua): The Indonesian police have arrested a US national fugitive wanted by the Interpol for allegedly committing a fraudulent investment in his country, a police officer said on Friday (July 24).

Beam Marcus, 50, was captured in Badung district of Indonesia's Bali resort island on Thursday along with a passport, a knife, mobile phones and several electronic devices, the Bali Provincial Police's Chief Inspector General Petrus Golose said.