Arrest of Voice Phishing Collector Impersonating Financial Institution Employee

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Junho] The Gwangju Western Police Station announced on the 11th that it has arrested Mr. A on charges of impersonating a financial institution employee and embezzling tens of millions of won (telephone financial fraud·voice phishing).

Mr. A is accused of traveling around the Jeonnam and Jeonbuk regions for two months starting from November last year, receiving a total of 73 million won from six victims and delivering it to the mastermind.

It was investigated that he met victims who were deceived by the claim "If you repay the existing loan, we will switch you to a loan product with a lower interest rate," and pretended to be a financial institution employee to receive money.

Mr. A is known to be denying the charges, saying, "I only came to Gwangju once and never received cash."

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