Jeonnam Police Arrest '460 Billion Won Illegal Gambling Site Operator' in Vietnam After 3 Years of Pursuit
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] The Jeonnam police arrested an operator who fled to Vietnam after running an illegal gambling site, following a three-year pursuit in cooperation with Interpol.
The Cyber Crime Investigation Unit of the Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency announced on the 15th that on the 13th, they arrested A (34) on charges of operating an illegal sports gambling site worth 460 billion KRW (violations of the National Sports Promotion Act, etc.) and sent him to the prosecution with a recommendation for indictment.
A is accused of establishing offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, from August 2015 to May 2018, and operating an illegal sports gambling site with about 5,000 members and a scale of approximately 460 billion KRW.
A is a former member of a violent organization in the Jeonnam region and continued his crimes while traveling between Korea and Vietnam.
After his accomplices were arrested and Interpol issued a red notice, he evaded police pursuit by illegally using another person's passport in Vietnam for over three years while on the run.
The police confirmed that through international cooperation with Interpol and the Vietnamese 'Korean Desk,' they identified and arrested A, who was hiding somewhere in Vietnam.
Previously, the Jeonnam police had arrested 13 accomplices involved in operating, promoting, withdrawing profits, and supplying fake bank accounts for the gambling site along with A, and had detained three of them by last year.
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Moon Sang-sang, head of the Cyber Investigation Unit of the Jeonnam Police Agency, said, "Internet gambling is a terrifying crime like drugs that harms not only the individual gambler but also their family and surroundings," adding, "We will relentlessly pursue and arrest operators of gambling sites based overseas, and through international cooperation investigations such as Interpol red notices and passport cancellations, we will instill the awareness that criminals who flee abroad will inevitably be caught."
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