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Crackdown from March to December last year… Arrest of 118 people, prohibition of disposition of 224.6 billion won of criminal proceeds
25% increase in the number of similar cases and illegal multi-level arrests… “Aim for living expenses”
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Correspondent Seo Dae-yeon = President Seok-yeol Yoon announced that he would strictly crack down on illegal high-interest private financing with a zero-tolerance principle. In a Q&A on the way to work on the 24th, President Yoon said, “Now, very predatory and illegal private finance is causing pain to the common people due to high interest rates.” According to data from the Financial Supervisory Service, there were 47,000 reports of illegal private financial damages received over the past seven years. 2022.10.25 dwise@yna.co.kr
(Seoul=Yonhap News) Correspondent Lim Soon-hyun = The police arrested 4,690 people and arrested 118 as a result of intensive crackdowns on financial crimes that infringed on people’s livelihood, such as illegal private finance, pseudo-receipt, and illegal multi-level fraud, for 10 months from March to December of last year. It was announced on the 8th that he was arrested.
Preservation measures were also taken to prevent the disposal of 224.6 billion won in criminal proceeds.
By type, 2,085 people were arrested in crackdowns on illegal private finance, a 16% increase from 2021, and 22 people were arrested.
Since August, the police have conducted an intensive crackdown on the three major means of illegal private finance, including cannon phones, cannon bankbooks, and illegal distribution of personal information, and arrested 808 people. Unregistered loan companies that lent money to victims in need of living expenses and then hijacked the repayment amount dozens of times through various threats were the main targets of arrest.
In relation to this, the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency’s Violent Crime Investigation Team arrested 66 members of a lending company that extorted over 4,000 percent annual interest from 3,500 victims last November and arrested 11 of them.
The police arrested 2,152 people and arrested 59 people in similar and illegal multi-level crackdowns. The number of arrests increased by 25% compared to 2021.
The crime was committed mainly by enticing them to invest in virtual assets, then stealing only the investment and disappearing.
Seoul Guro Police Station arrested 10 people, including the representative of the coin issuing company, who stole 27.7 billion won from a total of 112 investors by deceiving them in October of last year, saying, “If you invest in a coin that can be used to pay various utility bills, the principal and 4% interest are guaranteed.” 2 people were arrested
In the crackdown on unfair trade practices and illegal investment companies, which began to manage performance separately from last year, 453 people were arrested and 37 people were arrested.
The Financial Crimes Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency arrested 58 members of an investment fraud organization and arrested 14 of them in October of last year, who swindled 19.3 billion won from 1,246 investors by deceiving that stocks would soon be listed.
The police predicted that financial crimes infringing on people’s livelihood would increase as investor sentiment has recently revived and investment briefing sessions have been frequent due to the lifting of the mandatory wearing of indoor masks. Accordingly, we plan to continue the intensive crackdown from March this year.
An official from the National Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency called for caution, saying, “As the recession deepens, various financial crimes targeting living expenses are more likely to occur nationwide and systematically.”
hyun@yna.co.kr
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