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Gang Defrauded 1.8 Billion Won in Site Membership Fees and Other Charges Using 'Prostitution with Celebrities' as Bait

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Eui-jin = Members of a criminal organization based in Thailand that swindled approximately 1.8 billion won using "prostitution with celebrities" as bait have been arrested en masse by the police...

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Members of a voice phishing organization based in Thailand who extorted over 1.7 billion won under the pretext of additional fees for stages while posing as "compensated dating" with influencers and others have been referred to the prosecution. The Songpa Police Station in Seoul arrested and referred nine members of a voice phishing criminal group based in Bangkok, Thailand, on charges of joining and participating in a criminal organization and …

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Eui-jin = Members of a criminal organization based in Thailand that swindled approximately 1.8 billion won using "prostitution with celebrities" as bait have been arrested en masse by the police...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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Ten members of a phishing organization based in Thailand have been arrested for operating a fake prostitution website and swindling 1.77 billion won from over 100 people. Charged with organizing a criminal group, they committed the crimes using a systematic division of roles and borrowed-name accounts. The police are currently expanding their investigation while tracking down additional members and the ringleader.

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A group that committed phishing crimes by creating fake prostitution websites to induce membership registrations has been apprehended by the police. It was revealed that they operated systematically, based in Southeast Asian countries and dividing roles among themselves at each stage. The Songpa Police Station in Seoul referred 23 individuals, including 10 members of the voice phishing organization and 13 nominal account holders, to the Seoul Ea…

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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조선일보 broke the news on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
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