'Personal Protection Female Family Murder' District Office Official Leaked Information for 20,000 Won...Prosecutors Arrest and Indict (Comprehensive)

Lee Seok-jun (25), who is accused of killing a family at the home of a woman under personal protection, is seen leaving Songpa Police Station in Seoul on the morning of December 17 last year, being transferred to the prosecution. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] Two employees of a private investigation agency and a district office official who handed over the personal information of a victim in connection with the case of Lee Seok-jun (25), accused of visiting the home of a woman under protection and killing her family, have been arrested and indicted.

The Cyber Crime Division of the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Lee Seong-beom) announced on the 10th that district office official A (40), charged with violating the Personal Information Protection Act and the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (bribery), and private investigation agency employees B (37) and C (37), charged with violating the Personal Information Protection Act, have been arrested and indicted.

According to the prosecution, A used the vehicle registration inquiry authority granted for imposing road occupancy fines to provide 1,101 pieces of personal information, including addresses and vehicle information, to a private investigator he met through Telegram. He received a bribe of 39.54 million won in exchange for providing the personal information. The crime was committed over about two years from January 2020, and during the investigation of additional crimes by A, the prosecution confirmed that he illegally accessed and leaked the personal information of the victim in Lee’s case. A is known to have worked at the Gwonseon District Office in Suwon City and was investigated to have handed over the information for 20,000 won.

The prosecution also arrested and indicted B, who received 500,000 won from Lee to provide the victim’s home address. B is charged with selling personal information in 52 cases and illegally installing a GPS tracker from July 2020 to December last year (violations of the Personal Information Protection Act and the Location Information Protection Act). During the investigation of private investigators, another private investigator employee C, who mediated transactions between A and B, was also arrested and brought to trial while in custody.

Furthermore, it was confirmed that the victim’s personal information was delivered to Lee through a total of four processes. The prosecution has arrested and is investigating other private investigators involved in this process: D (40), and partners E (47) and F (47), who operated another private investigation agency. During the pursuit of these individuals, the prosecution and police cooperated to arrest D.

A prosecution official stated, "We will continue to cooperate closely with the police and respond strictly to crimes that cause serious harm to the public, such as personal information leakage."

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