In the Chungcheong area, a group of people who tricked wealthy people into drinking drugged coffee and then waged a gambling game of billions of dollars were caught by the police.



The Daejeon Police Agency arrested six people, including general A (51) and B (47), who led the fraudulent and gambling crime, on charges of fraud and violating the Act on the Management of Narcotics (psychosexuality), and sent four accomplices to the same charge without detention today. (13th) said.



From February last year to last June, they are accused of tricking wealthy people they knew to go on a golf trip with a woman, and then having them drink coffee or beer with methamphetamine and other narcotic drugs at their accommodation in Jincheon and Boeun, North Chungcheong Province.



He is also accused of winning the victims' money by cheating on the victim to gamble as planned in advance by taking advantage of the gap in the victim's blurred judgment.



Seven victims have been identified as a result of these crimes, and the amount of damage alone amounts to 160 million won.



It was investigated that the crimes were organized by dividing the roles into the 'general manager' who plans the overall gambling scam, the 'player' who plays gambling directly, the 'recruitment book' that recruits wealthy people, and the 'madam' who gives drugs to coffee. .



In order to lend money to the victim who could not bring cash, he prepares checks and cash of 100 million won or more, arranges seats according to roles, and plays gambling games according to the promised hand signals in the middle of gambling. turned out to be done.



Relatively easy 'insert' for victims who don't know much about gambling



A police official said, "The general manager secretly used a pre-made bullet card, giving the victim a relatively good hand, such as a full house, and giving the player a four-card level higher than the victim, so he used a technique to induce large bets." .



According to the police, the victims were mainly aimed at the fact that it was difficult to report the damage because they were people with high social awareness, such as representatives of medium-sized companies and building landlords.



A police official said, "We are expanding the investigation without excluding the possibility that there may be victims who have not been reported."



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