When I opened the trunk of the white car parked in the parking lot, there were two large suitcases inside.
When the police searched and seized the bag, they found a lot of brick-like items wrapped in yellow paper.
When I opened the paper package, 10 bundles of 100 50,000 won notes were poured out.
[Police officer]
“How much is this? (About 2.3 billion…) Did you get it all from those Taiwanese kids? In the picture? 1,000 pieces per bundle? 1,000 pieces of 50,000 won notes each?”
The man who was carrying a whopping 2.3 billion won in cash in the trunk of his car was a member of the so-called ‘voice phishing exchange’ organization based in Taiwan.
He was caught defrauding people in Korea using ‘low-interest loans’ and then taking money overseas.
[Voice phishing recording]
“Ah, yes, hello. This is Park 00 from the Microfinance Support Center토스카지노. I will help you fill in any shortcomings and process the loan through computer processing so that you can receive it with a 100% probability. .”
Since last July, these gangs have been laundering the money they stole through voice phishing by first buying gift certificates and reselling them.
Afterwards, it was discovered that a Taiwan-based foreign exchange organization had bought virtual assets through an illegal domestic currency exchange and then sold them on overseas exchanges, thereby siphoning off a large amount of money out of the country.
The total amount of criminal proceeds stolen during these two months was found to be 17.5 billion won, and the cash confiscated at the arrest site alone exceeded 7.1 billion won.
[Police officer]
“Team leader, how much did you say in total? (7,099,778,000 won plus US$13,100)” The police arrested a 45-year-old man of Taiwanese nationality who was in charge of foreign exchange in Korea
. It was announced that 21 members of the voice phishing organization were arrested, including the arrest of a 32-year-old Chinese man, who was the final culprit in the country.
A police official explained, “We plan to track down and arrest the overseas leaders who have not yet been caught through the international joint investigation,” and added, “We believe there will be more illegal currency exchange shops operated by them in the country, so we will expand the investigation.”
