'Office-tel Rental for Prostitution' Business Owner and Female Employees Arrested

Hired 'Paper Boss' to Evade Crackdown, Used 'Burner Phones and Accounts in Others' Names'

Inside the prostitution officetel [Gyeonggi Northern Provincial Police Agency]

[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] A group involved in hiring women for prostitution in officetels was caught by the police.

The Northern Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency announced on the 18th that "the business owner A, who operated the prostitution establishments, along with eight employees, were arrested, and A was detained."

A is suspected of renting 12 officetel units in areas such as Goyang and Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province, from August last year until recently, hiring female employees and operating prostitution establishments, earning illegal profits of over 1 billion KRW.

According to the police investigation, A used multiple burner phones and bank accounts under other people's names to evade police investigations, and to prepare for crackdowns, arranged for a so-called 'front man' to give statements on his behalf in exchange for compensation.

The police confiscated approximately 15 million KRW in proceeds at the prostitution sites and plan to file a pre-indictment seizure and confiscation petition for illegal business profits amounting to 1 billion KRW.

The police intend to continue tracking and investigating new and variant prostitution establishments, including those operating in officetels.

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