Four Subordinates of Illegal Gambling Site Worth Over 1 Trillion Won Sentenced to Prison for 3 Years

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Ju Cheol-in] Chief Judge Jang Min-seok of the Daegu District Court Criminal Division 8 announced on the 30th that he sentenced three individuals, including A (37), who were indicted for involvement in operating a gambling site worth over 1 trillion won (charges of establishing a gambling space, etc.), to two years in prison and ordered them to pay fines ranging from approximately 100 million to 330 million won.

Chief Judge Jang also sentenced B (27), who was indicted on the same charges but had a relatively lesser degree of involvement, to two years in prison with a two-year probation and ordered 120 hours of community service.

They were prosecuted for acting as intermediaries for internet gambling sites using hundreds of domains from January 2016 to April of last year.

The gambling sites they were involved in operating frequently changed their names and were found to have received gambling funds totaling approximately 938 billion won through what is known as "daepo accounts" over about 1.3 million transactions.

Chief Judge Jang stated, "The defendants, as intermediaries of the gambling sites, conspired sequentially with others to establish gambling spaces. Although the amount of gambling funds involved reached several hundred billion won, the fact that they confessed to the crimes was taken into consideration."

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