"Do you want to work part-time?" Pretending to be a joint purchase and inducing payment...8.8 billion gulps.

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A group of people who stole 8.8 billion won by deceiving more than 300 victims saying they were working as a "joint purchase part-time job" were caught by the police.

He deceived the victims by saying that he would refund the payment amount by adding profits to the purchase of goods, but in some cases, he was robbed of more than 400 million won in a day.

Reporter Yang Dong-hoon will tell you the detailed crime method.

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The police who stormed the call center's office begin a search for the seizure.

"Stay seated! Don't touch your phone!"

Other call center operators are also arrested by the police who conducted an undercover investigation.

Police have arrested a group of people who lured victims to steal money, saying they can easily make money by participating in part-time jobs.

They used illegally acquired personal information to approach victims in the name of a review event.

[Fraud Organizer: We are sending you 10,000 won gift certificates if you simply write a review as an open event.]

Afterwards, he won favor by providing actual gift certificates and lured them to participate in a "joint purchase part-time job."

Since then, all team members have been encouraged to buy items that do not even exist, saying that they will refund 10% to 35% of the purchase amount if they purchase the items together.

[Victim: I don't think I thought it was weird to think that there were people who were doing it together. (I was going to quit in the middle) They urged me to borrow money, too.]


If I asked for a refund of the money, I said I had to pay income tax, so I ripped the last penny out and forced him to leave the site.

There were 301 victims and the total amount of damage reached 8.8 billion won, and in some cases, one person was robbed of as much as 400 million won in one day.

[Oh Kyu-sik / Head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Cyber Crime Investigation Division 2 : 54 people, including 13 managers in charge of domestic affairs, were arrested, and 14 of them were arrested and sent to the prosecution.]

The police confiscated 1.1 billion won in criminal proceeds or took confiscation and preservation measures before prosecution, and continue to investigate the remaining crimes.

Police are proceeding with the repatriation process of two overseas captains arrested by Chinese police, and the other one is being tracked through an Interpol joint investigation.

I'm YTN Yang Donghoon.

Reporter for shooting
: Jeong Jin-hyun