Commissioner General of the National Police Agency, Special Promotion Appointment for Meritorious Service in Investigating Financial Crimes Affecting People's Livelihood

Continued Promotion of On-site Special Promotion Appointment Ceremony

Yoon Hee-geun, Commissioner of the National Police Agency, visited the Gwangju and Daegu Police Agencies on the 18th and promoted three officers who excelled in investigating malicious and new types of fraud crimes such as investment leading room scams and illegal private loans that infringe on people’s livelihoods.

Yoon Hee-geun, Commissioner of the National Police Agency. [Photo by Yonhap News]

Since last year, Commissioner Yoon has set "protecting the peaceful daily lives of the people" as an important policy goal and has actively promoted the special promotion of outstanding personnel in various fields. Among those honored with the special promotion was Sergeant Yang In-gwan of the Criminal Mobile Unit at the Gwangju Police Agency, who arrested 23 suspects who illegally lent money to 103 victims at an annual interest rate of 38,000% and forced prostitution when interest payments were overdue.

Sergeant Seo Young-sik of the Gwangju Seobu Police Station apprehended 15 members of a criminal organization who defrauded 1.6 billion KRW from 20 people by pretending to invest in overseas futures using a fake Home Trading System (HTS) program under the guise of an overseas futures investment company. Lieutenant Kim Young-gi of the Criminal Mobile Unit at the Daegu Police Agency achieved results by arresting 37 members of a criminal organization that operated an investment fraud group based overseas, defrauding about 300 people of 25.5 billion KRW.

The National Police Agency plans to continue holding “on-site special promotion ceremonies” to enhance the honor of special promotions for outstanding criminal investigations and to revitalize investigation sites.

Commissioner Yoon Hee-geun stated, “The results of our joint efforts to eradicate livelihood-infringing crimes such as investment leading room scams and illegal lending stood out,” and urged, “Please continue to thoroughly investigate new types of fraud crimes and other livelihood-infringing crimes to protect the peaceful daily lives of the people.”

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