The police arrested a party who tried to scam billions of won worth of used goods online against 5,000 people for 7 years.



It turns out that they even oozeed that they would give it back if they posted naked photos to the victim asking for money back.



The Jeju Provincial Police Agency's cyber investigation team charged 14 people, including Moo Kang (38), the general manager, to the prosecution on charges of fraudulently taking billions of won by tricking them into selling used goods (violation of the Act on aggravated punishment for specific economic crimes, etc.) It was announced today (21st) that he was arrested and sent to him.



Also, the remaining 16 people were detained on the same charges.



According to the police, Mr. Kang and others are accused of stealing 4.9 billion won from all 592 victims by tricking them into selling mobile homes, home appliances, and gift certificates in online used marketplaces from July 31, 2014 to January 18 of this year. Are receiving.



Each victim suffered damage from as little as 40,000 won to as much as 30 million won.



In order to deceive the victims, they falsely registered stores that did not exist on the portal site and reassured the victims by using forged ID cards and business registration cards.



They also offered low prices and used consumer sentiment tricky, saying, "If I don't buy it now, I'll sell it to others."



They have an office in the Philippines, receive money from a cannon bankbook, and put this money into virtual currency or overseas exchanges to launder the proceeds to avoid police investigations.



In particular, it was revealed that they used the personal information of the victims learned during the fraudulent crime to prevent reports of damage, even threatening them.



Either hundreds of thousands of won worth of food were delivered to the victim's address, or the victim's contact information was posted on a free online bulletin board so that dozens of calls were made.



They even ridiculed the victim by asking for nude photos when the victim asked for money back.



They were found to have driven foreign cars or invested in real estate in the Philippines with unfairly taken money.



After two years of pursuit, the police have arrested 30 out of 40 online goods scam organizations, and the remaining 10 are being red wanted by the International Criminal Organization Interpol.



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