China News Service, November 26. According to Korean media reports, on the 26th local time, the Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, sentenced Zhao Zhubin, the principal culprit in the "House N" case, to 40 years in prison.
Korean media previously exposed a series of cyber crimes, collectively referred to as the "Room N" case.
Someone set up encrypted chat rooms on instant messaging software, uploading and sharing illegally taken sexual exploitation videos and photos, which can only be viewed by paying members.
The platform can set up private chat, delete information regularly after reading, etc., and support virtual currency transactions.
Data map: Zhao Zhubin, the principal culprit of "House N" in South Korea.
"Room N" is operated by multiple people, of which the person who is nicknamed "Doctor" and whose real name is Zhao Zhubin is the most concerned.
Starting in 2019, Zhao Zhubin uploaded a large number of photos of suspected sex crimes in the "Doctor's Room" and blackmailed the victims.
On March 25, 2020, Zhao Zhubin was transferred to the prosecution for review and prosecution.
South Korean prosecutors detained Zhao Zhubin on April 13 for being suspected of 14 crimes.
In October, South Korean prosecutors demanded that Zhao Zhubin be sentenced to life imprisonment and 45 years of wearing electronic anklets.
After investigation, as many as 149 civil servants were investigated and prosecuted by the South Korean police for digital crimes involving "Room N" and "Doctor Room".
Earlier, according to the national government inspection data received from the National Police Agency, members of the Administrative Security Committee of the Korean National Assembly stated that the Digital Sexual Crime Special Investigation Headquarters had investigated and dealt with 149 civil servants.
In terms of occupation, soldiers and military servants have the largest number of 128; 8 teachers; 4 civil servants of police and local self-government organizations; 2 firefighters; 1 national university hospital staff, protection and observation staff, and state-owned enterprise staff.
The police stated that 128 soldiers and military servicemen have been transferred to the army, the remaining 21 have been filed, and 5 of them have been detained.