A group of people who developed a currency exchange application (app) using virtual accounts and operated an illegal gambling house with a participation fee of 7 billion won was caught by the police.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s criminal task force announced on the 15th that it arrested 628 people, including Mr. A, the CEO of an app developer who created a currency exchange app and affiliated with 104 hold’em pubs across the country, and the owner of an illegal hold’em pub.
Mr. A developed an app that allows merchants and those participating in gambling to exchange cash non-face-to-face using their mobile phones. It was found that the company used this to form affiliates with 104 hold’em pubs across the country and received 228 million won, or 4% of the total exchange amount of 5.7 billion won, as a commission.
He is also suspected of holding his own gambling competition. Mr. A set up a dedicated gambling hall measuring 1,000 pyeong in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, and held six tournaments with a prize money of 1 billion won from November last year to February this year. It was a large-scale competition with about 1,500 participants.
Evidence, including hold’em chips, confiscated by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s criminal task force. Provided by Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Detective Squad
It was revealed that the illegal hold’em pub owners affiliated with Mr. A lured participants by holding a preliminary round in exchange for an participation fee of 100,000 won under the pretext of selecting participants for the competition. They are suspected of receiving 7.1 billion won in participation fees and exchanging 5.7 billion won between October 4 and May 3 last year using the app developed by Mr. A.
The number of people who participated in gambling using this app was found to be approximately 8,000. Among them, 51 people who won more than 10 million won in prize money were booked on gambling charges.
Among the arrested gamblers, people in their 20s to 40s accounted for 90%. Most of the dealers were in their 20s, and it was confirmed that they participated in the crime after seeing an advertisement for a ‘honey part-time job’ with an hourly wage of 20,000 won in an open chat room.
A police official said, “Currency exchange and exchange using apps is against the law, so caution is required.”
Reporter Lim Jae-hyuk heok@donga.com
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