Pretending to Be a Chaebol with a Rented Luxury Car... Detaining a Woman and Extorting Tens of Millions of Won

Cash and Credit Cards Seized for Luxury Purchases
Money Extorted for Various Reasons Including Car Repair Costs

A man in his 20s was arrested for approaching women by pretending to be a chaebol, dressing in high-end luxury brands, and driving expensive foreign cars, then confining and threatening them to extort money.

On the 11th, the Busan Haeundae Police Station announced that they had arrested a man in his 20s, identified as Mr. A, on charges of robbery, theft, extortion, and fraud.

A man in his 20s who pretended to be a chaebol by dressing in high-end luxury goods and driving an expensive foreign car, then approached women, confined and threatened them to extort money, has been arrested.
[Photo by Busan Haeundae Police Station]

According to the police, from the 9th to the 16th of last month, Mr. A confined two women in vehicles and officetels in Seoul and the Gyeonggi area, seizing 15 million KRW in cash and credit cards, and used the credit cards to spend about 20 million KRW.

Police investigations revealed that Mr. A approached the women by saying things like "My family is a well-known household from Chungcheong Province" and "My business has substantial sales." In particular, Mr. A pretended to be a chaebol by dressing his entire body in luxury brands and driving borrowed foreign cars.

After building relationships with the women, Mr. A threatened them with reasons such as "Your fault caused the car to break down. Give me the repair costs," confined them at their residences, and extorted money.

Luxury goods worth 20 million won were found at Mr. A's house and all were confiscated.
[Photo by Busan Haeundae Police Station]

The police explained that they discovered this crime while investigating another extortion case involving Mr. A.

Additionally, Mr. A is also charged with extorting 1.5 million KRW from the owners of three shared lodging businesses in Haeundae-gu last September by threatening to report their unregistered business operations.

The police identified Mr. A’s residence through communication records and CCTV footage analysis, then arrested him after a stakeout. Luxury goods worth about 20 million KRW were found at Mr. A’s home and were all confiscated.

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