A group of people who ran a voice phishing organization and stole 3.2 billion won was caught by the police.
The Yongsan Police Station in Seoul arrested 34 people, including the head of the voice phishing organization, the cash collector, and the delivery person.
They are accused of impersonating financial institutions and investigative agencies from February to July to collect 3.2 billion won from 53 victims and remit them to the Chinese general manager.
Two domestic leaders, including Mr. A, were instructed by the Chinese general and recruited members of the organization, such as a cash collector in Korea.
The collected cash collection books were delivered to the money changers in the form of receiving cash face-to-face to the victims and putting them in subway lockers, and the money was remitted to the account of the general manager in China.
These gang members avoided suspicion by bank employees and those around them by continuing to talk to the victims and instructing others not to tell them.
In addition, an app was installed on the victim's phone by sending a URL or file, and the app used the victim's phone's GPS and camera to determine the victim's location in real time.
Some of the victims lost 490 million won.
Police said that during the process of arresting these organizations, 180 million won of the amount of damage was recovered and returned to the victims.
The Chinese general has not yet been arrested, but the police plan to issue an arrest warrant and pursue extradition to the country through an international coordinated investigation.
A police official said, "There is a high possibility that a part-time job with a high profit guarantee is a recruitment for a voice phishing collection book."