On November 3, South Korean police said that 114 suspects were arrested for being involved in a fraud ring in Cambodia, specializing in "no-show" fraud and many other forms of fraud targeting businesses in South Korea.
According to the Gangwon Provincial Police Department, out of 114 suspects, both Korean and foreign, 18 have been officially arrested after an investigation into 560 fraud cases.
In these incidents, a group of suspects impersonated party officials, military officers, and even presidential Palace staff to order and book tables at restaurants but did not appear, thereby appropriating a total of 6.9 billion won (4.8 million USD).
After determining that the ring's headquarters was located in a criminal complex in Sihanoukville city (Cambodia), South Korean police coordinated with the National Police Agency, Interpol and the South Korean National Intelligence Agency to search the group's operations center.
About 80% of the arrested suspects are between the ages of 20 and 30, of which 4 are teenagers and 1 in 4 suspects is female.
According to the investigation results, the call center in Cambodia was where the criminal group conducted money laundering and other illegal operations.
The police concluded that the participants were all voluntarily involved after being recruited via the Telegram messaging app.
Earlier, on the morning of November 2, the Secretariat of the Cambodian gambling Commission and the Cambodian National Police issued an order to suspend and close four Jinbei and GC brandedcasinoes in Sihanoukville province, where South Korea identified the newly arrested suspects as involved.
The campaign was chaired by Lieutenant General Sieng Sen - Deputy General Secretary of the Cambodian Commission for Trade andatus Management (CCGC), in coordination with the Sihanoukville provincial government, the Provincial Police, the Department of Labor and under the supervision of Deputy Prosecutor of the Provincial Court Preah Sihanouk, Mr. Chhiv Ikkong, who temporarily suspended and closed the operations of 4 online gambling establishments in the area.
The campaign is carried out under Decree No. 01 of the Royal Government of Cambodia on "cleaning up fraud technology".
4 suspendedCasino include: Jin Pei Group, Jin Pei, G.C. Casino and Jin Pei Casino 4. All of the above facilities were closed due to suspicions related to conceal acts and fraud via technology systems.
