<Anchor> The
operators who opened illegal gambling sites and took tens of billions of won in criminal proceeds were arrested. It turned out that they had lived a luxurious life with bundles of money piled up in the house and in the car.
This is reporter Ha Jeong-yeon.
<Reporter> The
police arrive at the house of 27-year-old A, the general manager of an illegal gambling site operating organization.
[I will arrest myself under this arrest warrant, and I have the right to refuse to testify… .] A
bunch of cash in a luxury shopping bag.
Even when I take it out, it keeps coming out, but I found more than 500 million won in my house.
[This is 50 million won each. Then it's 500 million won, right?]
Several bundles of cash came out of the storage space of Mr. A's luxury sports car.
Mr. A, along with another accomplice in his 20s, operated an illegal gambling site where money bets on lottery results.
After earning more than 900 million won in about five months, the police arrested the two people and sent them to the prosecution.
Five members of another gambling site were also arrested.
From July 2012 to 9 years, they waged an illegal sports betting of 1.2 trillion won.
After fleeing from Vietnam and Cambodia, they were repatriated to Korea after being wanted by Interpol and all arrested.
The police pursued two generals who were fleeing Southeast Asia and at the same time preserved the proceeds of crimes found at the same time as 27 billion won before indictment.
[Lee Sang-myung / Gyeonggi Northern Police Agency Cyber Investigation Division: I live a luxurious life, the president under the general manager plays golf every day…
No matter how hard you try to hide the proceeds of the crime, we plan to find out until the end, preserve the collection, and pursue it until the end...
.]
344 illegal gambling site operators and users were arrested by the police for eight months from March of this year, of which 11 were arrested.
(Video coverage: In Pil-seong, video editing: Park Ki-duk, screen provided: Gyeonggi Northern Police Agency)