[Exclusive] Phishing and illegal gambling... Became the 'president of the charter scam'

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As the damage to the charter scam continues to grow, the investigation into the forces behind it is speeding up.

As a result of the coverage, it was confirmed that some charter fraudsters who caused numerous victims had already been punished for other crimes in the past.

The charter market, which was poorly supervised and regulated, was their new target for crime.

This is reporter Ahn Sang-woo's exclusive report.

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It was in 2020 that Mr. Kim, the deceased villa king, took part in charter fraud in earnest by transferring the title of his house in the metropolitan area such as Gangseo-gu, Seoul.

Mr. Kim is known to have worked as a real estate brokerage assistant before, but no other details have been revealed.

[Villa Wang acquaintance: How do you do that real estate now?

Real estate, how does he do real estate...

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As a result of the coverage, it was revealed that Mr. Kim was active as a middleman in the voice phishing gang.

Mr. Kim was investigated in January 2019 by providing the account used for the voice phishing crime.

In October of the same year, the victim was sentenced to prison for aiding and abetting fraud after converting 25 million won sent to his account into checks, gold, dollars, etc.

However, Mr. Kim was released on his probation and set up a corporation in his name, posing as a real estate developer.

['Villa King' Mr. Kim's charter fraud victim: I don't know if it's a ghost company, I think I'm just a successful businessman...

I had no doubts.]

Chartered fraud was not the first crime for Mr. Kwon Mo, who was called the 'God of the Villa' after disappearing after transferring the title of 3,400 houses with the crew.

Only 3 confirmed criminal records of Mr. Kwon.

He was caught running an illegal game room called Sea Story, and he served a prison term for committing fraud by deceiving himself as a real estate salesman.

As a result of SBS' direct inquiry into the criminal case rulings of the top 30 people, including Mr. Kim and Mr. Kwon, among the owners of more than 300 houses across the country, 30% had criminal records such as fraud or blackmail.

People who committed civil crimes such as voice phishing, fraud, and gambling reappeared in charter fraud crimes that anyone can participate in as long as they take a deposit, creating more victims.

(Video coverage: Kang Dong-cheol, Video editing: Lee Seung-hee, VJ: Kim Sang-hyuk)

--- Reporter Ahn Sang-woo of the Ministry of Economy, who exclusively covered

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[Reporter Ahn Sang-woo: That's right.

During our coverage, we met a lot of people who are called pants bosses.

Among them, there was a case of becoming the boss of the pants without knowing what charter fraud was because he was a newcomer to society.

Or, there were homeless people, disabled people, and basic livelihood recipients whose names were stolen.

However, most of them were people who conspired together in charter fraud or lent their names without knowing it.

In particular, as you saw in the previous report, people with other criminal records found charter fraud as a new prey.

At the time, it was a time when real estate prices were skyrocketing, and it seems to have been aimed at the fact that there were no institutions or related regulations to supervise charter fraud.

For this reason, it seems necessary to find, investigate, and condemn not only the bosses, but also the gang that plans all of this behind the scenes.]

[Reporter Ahn Sang-woo: That's right.

In the meantime, there was no place among government agencies that played a role in filtering out the bosses of these chartered limbs.

In particular, it is true that deposit guarantee institutions such as Housing and Urban Guarantee Corporation and HUG are experiencing the same situation, so the tenants are also suffering damage, and these guarantee institutions are also having difficulties while taking on bad debts.

The government also acknowledges this fact, and in the future, when signing a charter contract, the guarantor or broker is discussing ways to prevent charter fraud by identifying not only the lessor's tax arrears, but also related criminal facts in advance.]