A series of "no-show" cases have occurred in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province, where military officials impersonated military officials and placed group orders at restaurants and then cut off contact.
Chungju City announced on the 28th that it has sent text messages to 4,650 restaurants in the jurisdiction asking for caution against no-show damage.The city of
said in a text message, "Recently, there have been a series of 'no-show' crimes that impersonate themselves as soldiers and do not appear after ordering about 50 servings of food," adding, "Business owners should be extra careful as damage cases continue to be reported through police stations."
Chungju Police Station is investigating the damage caused by no-show in four to five restaurants in the jurisdiction, including a rice soup restaurant, over the past month.The impersonator of a
military officer ordered using different phone numbers for each restaurant, and police are considering the possibility of using a cannon phone.
A police official advised, "In order to prevent damage caused by the no-show, we need to ask for advance payments when ordering a group," adding, "We need to be careful as similar damage is continuing."
Reporter Park Sun-young of Digital News Team
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