Voice phishing team arrested by fake ‘prosecutor Kim Min-soo’ caused by the death of a 20-year-old student

Busan Police established overseas prosecutor’s offices and call centers and captured 93 people who intercepted 10 billion units
Organization of a corporate mafia criminal organization … 26 arrested, 67 criminal charges

[아시아경제 영남취재본부 김용우 기자] The ‘Prosecutor Kim Min-soo’ gang was bypassed by the police. The Metropolitan Investigation Team of the Busan Police Agency arrested a corporate-type voice phishing organization that had died until a 20-year-old student, prepared for work, tricked him into being ‘Prosecutor Kim Min-su ‘.

Police announced on the 4th that they arrested 93 members of a voice phishing criminal group on charges of violating the Electronic Financial Transactions Act and the Telecommunications Business Act, arrested 26 of them and filed criminal charges for the rest.

They established six call center offices in eight regions, including Suzhou, China, and are accused of kidnapping 10 billion won worth pretending to be involved in the case by posing as prosecutors and financial institutions over the past five years. , and presenting low-interest loans. .

The size of the voice phishing organization is also unprecedented. A total of 93 people were detained by the police, of whom 52 were gang members, 12 retired and 29 participants who contributed cannon accounts.

According to the police, Gangster A (30 years old, male) invited domestic gangsters to China to form a corporate criminal organization for the purpose of committing voice phishing and after establishing 6 call center offices in 8 regions including Suzhou, China. , Committed a crime against the Republic of Korea.

They pretended to be prosecutors and pretended to be involved in a case involving a criminal group, or they intercepted money pretending to be a financial institution and offering low-interest loans to victims.

They even set up bogus prosecutor’s offices abroad and used a sophisticated technique to trick them into making a video call with the victim.

After establishing an overseas call center, it was discovered that the suspects had operated a corporate criminal organization that shared roles such as – general affairs – team leader – TM (telephone consultation) – bank book recruitment plan, and distributed the criminal income according to your status. .

It was confirmed that they intercepted 10 billion won from 300 victims in the past five years.

The wide-area investigation team of the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency obtained information that the gangs were operating a local voice phishing organization in China and launched an investigation.

The police traced the financial transactions and arrested them by forcibly summoning them by the Interpol red search and invalidating their passports.

Among the victims, police said they included a job applicant in his twenties who made an extreme decision after a member of a voice phishing gang pressured him to conduct a bogus investigation in Sunchang, Jeollabuk-do in February.

At the time, the gang member allegedly threatened to reassure the victim by sending a photo of a false indictment pass and a business card to the victim, and that if he hung up, he would be punished in accordance with current law.

Reporter Kim Yong-woo, Youngnam Headquarters [email protected]