Active Police Officer Exposed for Producing and Distributing Hundreds of AI Sexual Exploitation Materials After Appointment

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A young police officer in his 20s has been caught creating and distributing hundreds of AI-generated sexual exploitation materials. It was revealed that although he had already received a suspension of indictment for illegal filming, he was still appointed to the police force and continued his crimes afterward.

Reporter Yoo Soo-Hwan has the details.

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"Sexual exploitation materials produced using artificial intelligence are being distributed in Telegram chat rooms."

In December of last year, the Cyber Crime Investigation Unit of the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency detected these circumstances and initiated an "underground investigation" with a court warrant.

[Lee Kyung-min / Head of the Cyber Crime Investigation Unit, Busan Metropolitan Police Agency: Since the law was revised last June to allow undercover investigations even when victims are adults, we began our first undercover investigation last December, identifying the operator and distributor....]

Following months of tracking, the suspect identified by the police turned out to be none other than Police Officer Inspector A, assigned to the Traffic Division of the Seoul Dongdaemun Police Station.

A total of 5,600 illegal videos were discovered on Inspector A's mobile phone, which was seized during a search and seizure operation last August.

These included 1,600 child and adolescent sexual exploitation materials and 1,300 illegally filmed videos secretly capturing women's bodies.

Inspector A is also accused of directly creating and partially distributing over 400 deepfakes—sexually exploitative materials elaborately manipulated using AI, such as superimposing nude images onto photos of acquaintances posted on social media—via Telegram rooms.

It was also revealed that he received a suspension of indictment in 2020 for illegal filming before becoming a police officer.

Nevertheless, he began producing and distributing sexual exploitation materials himself starting in 2022, and continued his crimes for nearly three years even after being appointed as a police officer in 2023.

The police explained, "Inspector A was suspended from duty immediately after his arrest last month," adding, "His suspension of indictment prior to police appointment did not constitute a 'disqualifying factor,' so there were no issues with his recruitment."

(Video Editing: Lee Seung-yeol)
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