Money laundering with its own app...Arrested a group of people who operated gambling sites worth KRW 4 trillion

The Ulsan Metropolitan Police Agency booked 50 people, including the chief A, for operating illegal gambling sites overseas and laundering funds with self-made apps, and arrested 13 people.

Mr. A and others are accused of recruiting 130,000 members through YouTube promotions from 2019 to March this year and operating illegal gambling sites worth 4 trillion won.

They bought an entire building abroad, including the Philippines, set up an office, recruited acquaintances, and divided their roles.

In addition, the so-called "distributor" in charge of public relations and member recruitment was found to have recruited members by broadcasting gambling by combining celebrity faces and voices to hide their identity.

Police explained that they set up three IT companies in the Seoul metropolitan area and developed an app that allows gambling funds to be deposited and withdrawn, then exchanged money through the app to use gambling sites to avoid tracking.

Police are preserving additional 10 billion won worth of criminal proceeds before prosecution and are proceeding with the repatriation of overseas officers caught in the Philippines.

Mr. A and others are accused of operating nine illegal online gambling sites worth 88.9 billion won for nine months from August last year.

They committed crimes by dividing roles such as general manager and interim management, exchange of money, and recruiting fake bank accounts, and a gangster managed by the police was also involved.

The police collected 4.1 billion won of their criminal proceeds before prosecution, and also booked 140 people who used gambling sites.