Fake 'Kim Min-su Prosecutor' Voice Phishing Gang Behind Death of 20s Job Seeker Arrested

Busan Police Arrest 93 for Embezzling Over 10 Billion Won via Overseas Prosecutor Offices and Call Centers
Organized Crime Group with Gang Ties Formed... 26 Detained, 67 Criminally Charged in Record Case

A prosecutor ID card fabricated by a voice phishing organization. [Image source=Busan Police Agency]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The group led by 'Prosecutor Kim Min-su' has been completely dismantled by the police. The Busan Metropolitan Police Agency's Metropolitan Investigation Unit arrested a corporate-type voice phishing organization that deceived victims by impersonating 'Prosecutor Kim Min-su,' driving even job seekers in their 20s to death.

On the 4th, the police announced that they had arrested 93 members of the voice phishing criminal organization on charges of violating the Electronic Financial Transactions Act and the Telecommunications Business Act, among others. Of these, 26 were detained, and the rest were booked for prosecution.

The suspects are accused of setting up six call center offices in eight locations including Suzhou, China, and over the past five years, impersonating prosecutors and financial institutions to deceive victims into believing they were involved in cases, as well as offering low-interest refinancing loans, thereby embezzling approximately 10 billion KRW.

The scale of the voice phishing organization is unprecedented. All 93 members apprehended by the police included 52 organization members, 12 cash withdrawal agents, and 29 accomplices providing fake bank accounts.

According to the police, a gangster identified as A (male, in his 30s) recruited domestic gangsters to China and formed a corporate-type criminal organization for voice phishing crimes. They established six call center offices in eight locations including Suzhou, China, and committed crimes targeting South Korea.

They impersonated prosecutors to deceive victims into believing they were involved in cases with criminal organizations or pretended to be financial institutions, promising low-interest refinancing loans to swindle money.

They even set up fake prosecutor offices overseas, impersonated prosecutors, and used video calls with victims as part of their meticulous tactics.

The suspects built call centers overseas and divided roles such as 'boss,' 'team leader,' 'TM (telephone counselor),' and 'account recruiter,' operating a corporate-type criminal organization that distributed criminal proceeds according to each member's position.

It was confirmed that they embezzled 10 billion KRW from about 300 victims over the past five years.

50,000 won bills seized from a voice phishing organization. [Image source=Busan Police Agency]

The Busan Metropolitan Police Agency's Metropolitan Investigation Unit received intelligence that gangsters were operating a voice phishing organization locally in China and launched an investigation.

The police tracked financial transactions, issued Interpol red notices for related individuals, invalidated their passports, and forcibly summoned and arrested them.

The police revealed that among the victims was a job seeker in their 20s from Sunchang, Jeonbuk, who made an extreme choice after being falsely pressured by voice phishing organization members in February.

At that time, the organization members sent the victim, a job seeker, photos of fake prosecutor ID cards and business cards to reassure them and threatened that if the victim hung up the phone, they would be punished under current law.

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