"How about investing in coins?"...Calling detective to invest. Dulmi

Coin Investment Fraud Phone..."Daily 1% Return on Investment"
Investment fraud call to incumbent detective...Initiate an investigation
At first, small investment is recommended and proceeds are paid
"10x return" promise and investment goes into hiding.

[Anchor]
A group of investment scammers who took only money were caught saying that investing in bitcoin mining business guarantees high returns.

They also called an incumbent detective and were caught trying to cheat.

Reporter Chung Hyun-woo's report.

[Reporter]
A group of scammers call and recommend that you invest in bitcoin mining business, saying that you give 1% of your investment as a daily return.

[Investment fraud: We're mining and receiving coins. If it's 1% for 10 million won, it's about 100,000 won, right? (I'll think about it a little bit and call you back tomorrow. If I say this, my wife will get angry....)]

However, a man who seemed to be thinking about his investment after answering the phone was none other than an incumbent detective.

An investigation into the investment fraud organization began when a detective who sensed the fraud reported it to his superiors.

[Detective of Gyeonggi Nambu Police Agency: We decided to investigate because we felt that it was a fraud. I just kept putting it off, and I didn't actually invest.]

As a result of the investigation, the group, who deceived them about their bitcoin mining business, first authorized small investments and built trust by giving them the promised proceeds for the first month or two.

Then, it was confirmed that he encouraged large investments by saying that he would increase the return by 10 times, and then cut off contact and went into hiding when he sent money.

Fifty people were subjected to this method for seven months from October last year, and the damage was found to be more than 2.3 billion won.

['Coin Mining Scam' Victim: It was a big amount. About 200 million won.... I thought it was a scam, but I knew it when they disappeared.]

The police handed over 16 members of the fraud group, which consisted of local seniors and juniors, to the prosecution, including nine arrested, including the chief in his 20s.

In addition, 31 people who provided them with fake phones issued in foreign names for 170,000 won each were also sent.

In addition, the police conducted additional investigations on the illegal distribution of personal information, cracked down on five call center offices that collected and distributed personal information by impersonating financial institutions and booked 33 people, including operators and counselors.

Police cautioned that calls to encourage investment, saying they guarantee high returns without much effort, are very likely to be fraudulent.

I'm Jeong Hyeonwoo from YTN.


Video editing: Kim Min-kyung
Design: Jeon Wirin