Daegu Police Agency's Special Crackdown on Fraud Crimes ... 1,473 Arrested and 75 Detained in the First Half of the Year

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] The Daegu Metropolitan Police Agency announced on the 9th that it conducted a special crackdown on fraud crimes in the first half of this year, arresting 1,473 fraudsters including those involved in telephone financial fraud, and detaining 75 of them.

During the five-month special crackdown on fraud crimes conducted since February, a total of 3,393 cases were detected. By type of arrest, there were ▲519 cases of telephone financial fraud ▲72 cases of insurance fraud ▲24 cases of jeonse fraud ▲4 cases of employment fraud ▲2,774 cases of cyber fraud including used goods transactions.

The Daegu Metropolitan Police Agency has been actively responding to crimes that infringe on the livelihood economy by utilizing direct investigation units such as the Metropolitan Investigation Unit and the Cyber Economic Crime Investigation Team, and by receiving and intensively investigating newly reported crimes at local police stations.

Using the Crime Proceeds Tracking Investigation Team, whose personnel was expanded this year, they have also made efforts to restore victims' actual damages by pre-trial confiscation and seizure preservation of criminal proceeds worth approximately 5.26 billion won.

A Daegu Metropolitan Police Agency official stated, "We will strengthen our tracking and investigation capabilities against fraud crimes that threaten the livelihood economy and focus on damage recovery," adding, "We are also enhancing public prevention activities through various media such as SNS."

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