Six People Prosecuted for Internet Mask Sales Scam...Embezzling 5.3 Million Won

Six individuals involved in a mask sales scam on an online secondhand trading site have been brought to trial. The photo is unrelated to specific expressions in the article. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Min Jun-young, Intern Reporter] Six individuals, including four teenagers in their teens, have been prosecuted for mask sales fraud on an online secondhand goods trading site.

On the 9th, the Busan District Prosecutors' Office announced that it had arrested and indicted A (19) and three others on charges of fraud, violation of the Electronic Financial Transactions Act, and violation of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection (including information network intrusion), while B (19) and two others were indicted without detention.

According to the prosecution, they are accused of posting false advertisements claiming "selling masks" on the Naver 'Junggonara' cafe, a portal site, and deceiving victims about 40 times to embezzle approximately 5.3 million KRW.

They are also charged with receiving 21.16 million KRW from 101 people over the past two months by selling various items on Junggonara, including the mask sales fraud, but failing to deliver the goods.

Furthermore, the prosecution's investigation revealed that they accessed the portal site using hacked accounts belonging to other people during this process.

Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus infection, the Busan District Prosecutors' Office has been cracking down on mask sales fraud crimes, having arrested and indicted six people and indicted three others without detention so far.

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