"Refund Difficult" Middle School Student Donates 17 Million Won via Father's Credit Card to Audio Platform DJ

Chungnam Boryeong Police Station. / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Seul-gi] In Boryeong City, Chungnam Province, a middle school student, A, used her mother's account to join a domestic real-time audio platform and sponsored a total of about 17 million won to a platform DJ using her father's credit card.

According to the Boryeong Police Station Investigation Division on the 4th, A sponsored the S radio platform DJ about 60 times from the night of the 1st to the early morning of the 2nd using her father's credit card.

A sent a total of 17.8 million won to the BJ over 60 times during 5 hours from 9:40 p.m. on the 1st to 2:30 a.m. the next day. It is reported that as the number of sponsorships increased, the BJ showed interest by calling her name, which led her to continue making payments.

A’s father only realized that his daughter had sent a large amount of money to the BJ after checking the card payment details in the morning. He requested cancellation and refund from the credit card company on the same day, but was rejected on the grounds that "since the card was used by a family member (daughter) rather than a stranger, cancellation is difficult."

The police contacted the platform A accessed to inquire about the possibility of a refund, but the platform representative reportedly replied, "The money can only be refunded if the BJ voluntarily returns it."

Meanwhile, previously, an elementary school student deposited 130 million won to BJs on the real-time broadcasting application 'Hakuna Live' and failed to recover about 40 million won.

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