▲ Serious Crime Investigation Agency
The Serious Crime Investigation Agency has arrested and requested an arrest warrant for a voice phishing syndicate member who carried out a 'no-show' scam targeting small business owners.
This marks the agency's first self-initiated voice phishing case since its establishment.
The Voice Phishing Joint Investigation Division at the Seoul Regional Serious Crime Investigation Agency (headed by Choi Jun-hwan) announced that it requested an arrest warrant for a man in his 20s, identified as A, on charges including joining and participating in a criminal organization.
The arrest warrant review took place today.
A is suspected of joining an overseas-based voice phishing syndicate, luring victims over the phone, and embezzling money.
Investigators found that A called domestic small business owners, falsely claimed he wanted to place a large order, and told them they needed to purchase specific items first before introducing them to a designated supplier.
He then allegedly committed the crime by posing as the representative of that supplier and pocketing the payments.
The Seoul Serious Crime Investigation Agency uncovered A's charges while investigating a case handed over by the government's joint voice phishing investigation team at the former Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office (currently the Seoul Eastern District Public Prosecution Office).
A, who had been placed on a wanted list with his passport invalidated, voluntarily entered the country and was arrested at Incheon International Airport on October 27.
The Seoul Serious Crime Investigation Agency is expanding its investigation, estimating that the voice phishing syndicate A belonged to consists of dozens of members.
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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