Voice phishing gang luring investors twice by promising to compensate stock investment losses

Approached investors who suffered losses in stock leading rooms and intercepted 3.5 billion won
14 people sentenced to actual imprisonment for initial sentencing, including 12 years for the main offender,
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, ‘(Namyangju=Yonhap News) By Kim Doyoon= The main offender of a new type of voice phishing, who was handed over to trial on charges of approaching dozens of people with about 3.5 billion won under the pretense of compensating for stock investment losses, was sentenced to a severe punishment.’,
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, ‘All other 13 members, including collectors and lure bait, also received actual imprisonment sentences.’,
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Voice phishing (PG)
[Produced by Jang Hyun-kyung] Illustration,
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, ‘Judge Seong Jae-min of the Uijeongbu District Court’s Namyangju Branch, handling criminal cases alone, sentenced Kim Mo (33), a Chinese national who was charged with fraud, to 12 years in prison and a fine of approximately 350 million won.’,
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, ‘The collectors were sentenced to 5 to 7 years in prison, and the lure baits were sentenced to 2 to 5 years each. Among them, 10 were fined between 700,000 and 11 million won.’,
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, ‘The court confiscated some of the criminal profits, including virtual assets held by the offenders.’,
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, ‘The court stated, “The crime of taking advantage of the psychological state of victims who suffered investment losses and causing additional losses is serious”.’
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, ‘The court also explained the sentencing reasons, saying, “The organized crime that defrauded a large number of victims exceeded nearly 3.5 billion won and most victims seek punishment.”‘,
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, ‘However, the criminal charges of organization, membership, and activities of these offenders were considered not guilty.’,
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, ‘The court judged that “Mr. Kim initially established a corporation with the main purpose of referral business, but he may have plotted a fraud crime by introducing ‘coin loss compensation’ due to business difficulties.”‘,
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, ‘Referral business is a legal business model where customers receive compensation from the exchange for trading by registering with the exchange using the code recommended by others.’,
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Uijeongbu District Court Namyangju Branch
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, ‘Kim and others were indicted last year for collectively approaching dozens of investors who suffered losses in stocks in May and June, intercepting a total of 3.5 billion won.’,
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, ‘According to the investigation results, they targeted investors who suffered losses among stock leading room members, pretending to be their own investment group compensation team and approached them, promising to compensate for losses with a cryptocurrency equivalent to the value of the dollar.’,
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, ‘In this process, lure baits categorized the targeted crime subjects as easy targets, economy trend types, investment interest types, question types, etc., and prepared documents containing attack points and income levels for delivery to Kim.’,
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, ‘Subsequently, they deceived the loss-investors by transmitting worthless scam coins to them as if they had compensated them, obtained identification and certification documents under the pretext of self-certification, and confirmed that they intercepted money by taking out up to 300 million won in non-face-to-face loans from card companies and others in the name of the loss-investors.’,
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, ‘Both the prosecution and the defendants have appealed against the first-instance decision on the grounds of unfair sentencing and factual errors.’,
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