▲ Daegu District Prosecutors' Office
The Daegu District Prosecutors' Office (led by Senior Prosecutor Kim Mi-su) announced today (July 30) that it has formally indicted and detained the ringleader, designated as A, on charges including opening gambling spaces for operating a massive online gambling site worth approximately KRW 10 trillion from an overseas base.
According to prosecutors, A is charged with opening and operating four sports gambling sites worth KRW 1.307 trillion while staying overseas, including in the Philippines, between December 2013 and August 2017.
A was also charged with selling approximately KRW 9 trillion worth of game credits (game money) that could be used for illegal online gambling to members of about 1,400 domestic gambling sites from around April 2021 to December 2023.
During this period, the organization operated by A allegedly generated around KRW 26 billion in criminal proceeds.
Investigations revealed that A recruited acquaintances from Daegu and other regions into the criminal enterprise, evading law enforcement while living as a fugitive overseas for about a decade.
The pan-governmental joint special task force (TF) for transnational crime cooperated with the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to apprehend A locally and extradited him to South Korea on the 4th.
Authorities reported that 18 accomplices have been convicted, while the remaining 4 are still fugitives abroad.
An official from the Daegu District Prosecutors' Office stated, "Through supplementary investigations, we uncovered specific details about the organization's structure," adding, "We have requested provisional attachment to confiscate the criminal proceeds acquired by A."
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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