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#The Jeju Police Agency’s Cyber Investigation Unit arrested 14 people per day who intercepted 3,6377.75 million won in a fraudulent sale of used goods last year at an internet cafe,’Secondary Nara’. The fraudulent organization was found to have committed the crime from 2014 to last year with an office in the Philippines. They have worked closely with counterfeit ID cards and laundering criminal proceeds through virtual currency exchanges. Police arrested 10 of them.
#Incheon Michuhol Police Station arrested 123 people in telephone financial fraud (voice phishing) organizations last year and arrested 36 people. They were found to have intercepted a total of 850 million won from victims by collusion with the voice phishing general manager from early last year to mid-March. It was investigated that these fraudulent organizations tried to avoid police crackdowns by subdividing roles such as general manager, call center counselor, remittance book, and withdrawal book.
Last year, it was found that cybercrime increased by nearly 33% compared to the previous year. In the case of voice phishing, the number of crimes decreased, but the damage amount increased by about 10%. The total number of fraud incidents increased by 14% from 302,000 in 2019 to 345,000 last year. The police decided to push for a special crackdown in response to the soaring fraudulent crime.
On the 31st, the National Police Agency’s National Investigation Headquarters announced that from February 1, it will pursue a special crackdown on fraudulent crimes such as voice phishing, insurance fraud, and cyber fraud. This is the first large-scale intensive investigation since the establishment of the National Investigation Headquarters. The investigation period is 5 months until June 30th.
This special crackdown is aimed at preventing economic and mental damage to the common people by fiercely cracking down on fraudulent crimes as the recent increase in fraudulent damage.
Police Commissioner Kim Chang-ryong said at a press conference earlier, “The damage to the Korean people caused by fraud is so severe that the word is said to be a republic of fraud.” I will do it.” The special crackdown will have a task force at the police offices and provincial police offices, and will focus on investigative power centering on the police department’s professional investigation team, including the provincial police agency’s direct investigation department and the intelligence, economy, and cyber teams.
In fact, the police plan to support the actual damage recovery of victims by investing 149 criminal profit tracking teams, including the provincial and provincial police offices, throughout the investigation, and by tracking and preserving the proceeds of fraudulent crimes to the end. Last year, the amount of crime revenue preservation was 81.3 billion won, up 16% from the previous year. The key targets for crackdown are voice phishing, life scams (insurance, employment, jeonse), and cyber scams (goods transaction, body cam phishing).
In response to voice phishing, it was decided to run the first telecommunications financial fraud investigation and situation room at the National Police Agency to conduct the investigation by analyzing the status of damage by region in real time.
In addition, it plans to arrest the general policy through a follow-up investigation into the so-called’call center’, which acts as a voice phishing host, and apply a’criminal group organizing crime’ to severely punish. The intelligence team, economy team, and powerful team of the police station will focus on arresting members of the organization, such as cash collection books and withdrawal books, and actively promote interpol red wanted and repatriation of suspects who are fleeing overseas.
A cyber economic crime investigation team will also be established at the Metropolitan Police Agency to arrest cyber fraudsters.
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