[앵커]
A group of people who stole 15 billion won by deceiving people gathered in a so-called ‘stock reading room’ by promising high returns of up to 500% was caught by the police.
Gang members took on different roles and posted verification messages saying, “I bought a Mercedes Benz with the proceeds,” and also deceived victims by verifying false profits through fake virtual asset trading sites.
Reporter Moon Ye-seul reports.
[리포트]
A group of people who created a fake ‘investment reading room’ and stole a large amount of money from investors by deceiving them by promising a 500% return was caught by the police.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency arrested 49 people who deceived victims by creating a reading room pretending to be an actual investment company from 2020 to April last year, and detained 24 of them.
The number of victims identified by the police is approximately 250, and the amount of damage amounts to approximately 15 billion won.
They purchased 1.62 million pieces of illegally collected personal information, lured victims to KakaoTalk, and then deceived the victims by saying things like, “We will buy a Mercedes Benz today with the proceeds,” while the gang members played multiple roles.
Through an elaborately created fake virtual asset trading site, it was shown to investors that real profits were being made, and when the deceived victims actually invested a large amount of money, they went into hiding.
The operation and the work to lure victims were all carried out systematically, and members were recruited through Telegram and operated as a branch organization without knowing each other’s identities.
The police tracked them by merging over 250 damage cases reported across the country, and arrested them after confirming the involvement of several organizations.
[오규식/서울경찰청 사이버수사2대장 : “고수익을 보장하며 투자자를 모집하고 수수료 등 사유로 추가입금 요구하는 것은 사기범죄일 가능성이 높습니다.”]
In addition, we have issued a red notice for nine people, including the leader, who are overseas and are preparing to repatriate them to the country.
The police advised that when making related transactions, check whether the company is an official company verified through the Financial Intelligence Unit and the Financial Consumer Information Portal website.
This is Moon Ye-seul from KBS News.
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2023-11-07 03:22:00
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