[Anchor]
A group of people who committed investment fraud worth 500 billion won by creating a fake virtual asset deposit site were caught by the police.
It attracted victims, saying it would return 20% of the investment to interest, and the money collected was found to have been spent on luxury watches, yachts, and real estate.
I'll connect you to a reporter and find out more. Reporter Jeong Hyeonwoo!
How did you commit the crime?
[Reporter]
Yes. The screen you see is a fake virtual asset deposit site.
When an investor invests in virtual assets or cash, the virtual assets corresponding to that amount are displayed on the site.
The group attracted the victims, saying that if they entrusted the money, they would invest in overseas casinos instead, and that they would return 20% of the principal and interest after 40 days.
From January last year to July last year, we raised about 500 billion won in investment, but we did not invest properly.
The group was found to have spent most of their investments on luxury goods, such as buying watches, luxury goods, and real estate.
It is understood that he even purchased a 1 billion won yacht.
The scammers used the so-called multi-level method of spending their investments in this way and then covering the money they were supposed to pay to investors with new investments.
Since March, nearly 500 reports have been received across the country that investments have not been returned.
The police arrested a group of people and arrested two people, including the CEO of the company.
It was sent to the prosecution along with the remaining 40 executives and employees.
In addition, 10.1 billion won in criminal proceeds was confiscated and collected before prosecution, and the rest of the amount will be recovered.
So far, the Ministry of Social Affairs has informed you.
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