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We reported for the first time the so-called 'online shopping mall eating and running incident' in which customers were dragged in to sell a bag of ramen for only 100 won, but only received money and did not send the goods.

The representative of the company, who had endured no problems, was recently arrested, and it turned out that he had done the same thing two years ago and even broadcast an apology.



Reporter Jo Ki-ho covered the story.



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so-called 'online shopping mall eating and running incident' attracted hundreds of thousands of customers by claiming to sell them at 80% cheaper than the market price, but did not send the goods.



[SBS 8 News in August of last year: I came from SBS.]



Mr. Choi, the actual representative of the shopping mall who claimed that there was no problem,



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never.

Consumers are strong.] He



was recently arrested.



During the police investigation in June of last year, Mr. Choi created and operated four additional shopping malls and recently closed them all.



This is the so-called shopping mall rotation block.



But this wasn't the first time.



As a result of SBS coverage, two years ago, Mr. Choi apologized to a customer by causing controversy with the same technique.



[Mr. Choi / Vice President of Shopping Mall (past apology broadcast): I bow my head and apologize to consumers, work-related organizations, and partners for the large-scale delivery and refund delays that have been caused this time.

This is a clear violation of the current law, and we deeply reflect on it...

.]



As a result of the police investigation, it was revealed that Mr. Choi was convicted of fraud and served 10 months in prison while trying to block 38 shopping malls with 6 corporations at the time.



After being released from prison, 815,000 people reported being victimized by repeated fraud, and the amount of damage reached 7.4 billion won.



[Shopping mall purchase victim: Has it been six months since I ordered on the twentieth of June?

I bought something cheap to reduce my living expenses even a little bit, but now I can't get the product and I can't get a refund...

Everyone is upset.]



Victims are outraged that they have not received their money back, and that they are highly likely to commit the same crime again after being released from prison.



(Video coverage: Kim Won-bae · Kim Min-cheol, video editing: Lee Sang-min)