Voice Phishing Withdrawal Master Arrested Abroad After 9 Years on the Run

Embezzlement of 513 Million KRW from 42 People

The mastermind behind voice phishing withdrawals was arrested after fleeing overseas for 9 years.

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According to the Jungnang Police Station in Seoul on the 21st, suspect A (50) was red-listed on May 6, 2015, following an international cooperative investigation request for an overseas fugitive. He lived in the Philippines and illegally entered Malaysia in 2017. On the 28th of last month, he surrendered at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Malaysia at his mother's urging, and was apprehended at the airport upon his arrival on the 14th.

A was arrested on charges of embezzling 513 million won deposited by a total of 42 people as the withdrawal mastermind linked to a telephone financial fraud organization disguised as 'scrap metal sales fraud and loan fraud' in Angeles, Philippines, and other locations.

The police stated, "We will continue to track down and arrest organizations related to voice phishing to the very end."

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