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Claiming to Be Public Officials… Pattaya-Based Gang Arrested for Swindling 600 Million Won in 'No-Show Fraud'

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeon Jae-hoon = Approaching people claiming to recover losses incurred on private gambling sites, stealing their accounts, and then using the stolen funds to impersonate public institutions, etc...

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A group that set up a call center at a resort in Thailand and committed "no-show fraud" against small businesses has been apprehended and handed over to the prosecution. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Financial Crime Investigation Unit (Chief Jo Dae-hee) announced on the 16th that it had arrested and extradited to Korea 10 members of a group based in Thailand that had been conducting "no-show fraud." Regarding the related incident in lat…

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeon Jae-hoon = Approaching people claiming to recover losses incurred on private gambling sites, stealing their accounts, and then using the stolen funds to impersonate public institutions, etc...

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The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency arrested a group of 10 Koreans who set up a call center at a resort in Thailand and committed no-show fraud worth 600 million won against small business owners by impersonating public institutions. They embezzled the accounts of gambling site users to carry out the crime, and the police are currently tracking down the ringleader.

A group that set up a call center at a resort in Pattaya, Thailand, and committed a no-show fraud worth 600 million won by impersonating a domestic public institution has been handed over to the prosecution.

After setting up a call center at a resort in Pattaya, Thailand, a gang that impersonated an employee of a public institution against a small domestic company and intercepted about 600 million won was caught by the police. It was investigated that they directly obtained a large bank account to be used as the personal information of private gambling site users. The Financial Crimes Investigation Department of the Seoul National Police Department …

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조선일보 broke the news on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
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