Those who operated illegally using private cars or rental cars as well as those who illegally transported cargo with private trucks were caught by the Gyeonggi-do investigation network.
The Gyeonggi Fair Justice Special Judicial Police Corps said that through a planned investigation from September to December, they discovered 28 illegal call taxi business owners, drivers, and 2 illegal cargo transport owners, and sent 6 to the prosecution and charged 24 people for investigation. I did.
Among them, as a result of examining the criminal histories of the illegal call taxi suspects, a number of violent crimes including 11 robbery/theft, 15 assault/violence, and 24 drunk driving/driving without a license were confirmed. .
Mr. A is accused of disguising himself as a surrogate driving company with 18 drivers, distributing promotional materials to shopping malls in Gwangju, and operating a call taxi service.
It was investigated that Mr. A arranged for illegal call taxi operations with the walkie-talkie given to drivers, and in return received 18,000 won per day in private payments per driver.
In addition, 9 people, including Mr. B, were caught last year and fined, but were caught again in 4 months after running a call-jumping business with the same name and phone number.
Mr. C, who has a history of 16 crimes including robbery, theft, violence, and fraud, was arrested while working as an illegal call taxi driver while he was wanted after an arrest warrant was issued for committing a voice phishing scam in July.
In addition, D and E were found to have carried out an average of 150 to 200 illegal courier deliveries per day using a private truck in Hwaseong-si, receiving a fee of 900 won per case.
According to the current Passenger and Freight Vehicle Transportation Business Act, illegal paid transportation is punishable by imprisonment for up to two years or a fine of up to 20 million won.
Kim Young-soo, head of the special envoy for justice in the province, said, "Call jumping drivers are not subject to any restrictions on their driving qualifications, so they are highly likely to lead to a second crime. We will focus our investigation capabilities for that purpose.”
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