Police Arrest Gang Disguising 650,000 Discarded Masks as Genuine Products for Distribution

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] A group that distributed discarded masks as normal products has been arrested by the police.

The Songpa Police Station in Seoul announced on the 16th that they have booked eight members of the group on charges of fraud and violation of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act for distributing hundreds of thousands of discarded masks as normal products and pocketing 1.155 billion won.

The group, consisting of personnel from discarded mask collection companies, sorting companies, and packaging companies, is accused of deceiving three suppliers by promising to provide a total of 650,000 KF94 masks from July 7 to 29 last month and supplying defective masks instead.

The police seized 307,000 unpackaged defective masks, 60,000 product packaging materials, and 8,000 defective masks packaged to look like normal products.

A police official stated, "We have applied for arrest warrants for two suspects with serious charges, and the remaining six suspects are under investigation without detention."

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