A gang of 67 billion won was caught by the police by tricking them into buying gold bars at a cheaper price.
The Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency's Cyber Investigation Division said that under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes, two people including Mr. A were arrested and two people, including Mr. B, were booked without detention.
Mr. A and others were indicted on charges of stealing 67 billion won from about 680 people while operating a group purchase shopping mall on SNS from November 2018 to March this year.
They promoted that they can buy gold bars, silver bars, gift certificates, and famous vacuum cleaners up to 50% cheaper than the market price through group purchases.
It was investigated that the victims were deceived by the saying, "If you deposit the money into your account, it will be delivered after 6 months, but if you do not receive the item properly, you will be refunded the amount equal to the normal price."
In fact, a victim who tried to buy gold and silver bars was scammed with 1.74 billion won.
Mr. A committed a fraudulent crime when he was gradually unable to afford it while trying to 'block it' by purchasing and sending the product of the customer who ordered earlier with the money of the customer who ordered later.
Real estate, etc. worth 1.28 billion won, the two detained persons, were frozen through an order to preserve the additional collection before prosecution.
(Photo=provided by Incheon National Police Agency, Yonhap News)