Eight Suspects Arrested for Luring and Robbing Prostitution Client by Threatening to Distribute Nude Photos

Police: "Victims Could Not Report for Fear of Being Caught Attempting Prostitution with Minors"

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[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Bong-ju] Eight members of a gang who lured men seeking prostitution through a chat app, extorted money, and even took nude photos were arrested by the police.

The Jeonbuk Provincial Police Agency's Metropolitan Investigation Unit announced on the 17th that they arrested two suspects, including A (24), on charges of special robbery and illegal filming under the Sexual Violence Punishment Act, and booked three others involved in the crime without detention.

Earlier, the Jeonju District Prosecutors' Office received the case from the police and had already indicted three male and female minors who committed the crime with A on the same charges.

They are accused of luring men seeking prostitution to motels and other lodging facilities through a chat app over the course of a month starting in April, assaulting them, and extorting goods worth about 20 million won in cash and other valuables.

When the men who accepted the proposal entered the room, they were beaten with blunt objects and fists while being accused of attempting to do something wrong to minors, and their valuables were extorted. They also obtained the victims' card PINs and withdrew cash.

The gang is also charged with taking nude photos of the victims with mobile phone cameras and threatening to spread them on social media if the victims reported to the police.

It was investigated that the victims did not even report the incidents for fear that their attempts to engage in prostitution with minors would be exposed.

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