Investor leadership room operator arrested and indicted for stealing KRW 2.5 billion by deceiving people by promising high profits of 25% per month

A man in his 30s who stole 2.5 billion won from investors by deceiving them by saying, “If you invest, we will guarantee high returns of 10-50% per month along with the principal amount” while running a YouTube channel and investor reading room related to virtual asset futures investment, was brought to trial.

The Busan Police Agency’s Anti-Corruption and Economic Crime Investigation Unit announced on the 15th that it had arrested and forwarded Mr. A, the operator of the virtual asset investment reading room, on charges of violating the Act on Regulation of Fraud and Quasi-Receipt Activities.

According to the police, Mr. A is accused of stealing 2.5 billion won from 34 investors by deceiving them by promising high profits by opening and operating an investment leadership room on YouTube channels and social networking services (SNS) from June 2020 to November last year. I’m receiving it.

Mr. A runs an ‘investment reading room’ related to virtual asset investment on his YouTube channel and SNS, and guarantees monthly profits of 10-50% along with the principal through investment through trading bots and professional traders (stock and bond brokers). “He seduced me with sweet words.

In the ‘product description’ sent through SNS messenger to paid subscribers of the YouTube channel he runs, he deceived victims into giving up their investment money by stating, “We run a virtual asset futures investment company and have a trading bot and a number of investment experts.” It was found that it had been received.

The victims deceived by Mr. A ranged from their 20s to their 60s, and the amount of damage was found to range from as little as several million won to as much as 250 million won. Mr. A ‘invested’ the investment money he received from investors into futures investments through overseas virtual asset exchanges, but it was confirmed that most of them suffered losses.

In August of last year, the police received a complaint from Mr. A that he had suffered a coin investment fraud, began an investigation, and uncovered the charges three months later. During the investigation, it was determined that there were more victims through analysis of the accounts used for the crime, and the scope of the investigation was expanded, uncovering 30 additional crimes, and additionally transferred to the case at the end of last month. In addition, he applied for ‘pre-indictment preservation of additional collection’ for assets worth 520 million won, including real estate and imported cars in Mr. A’s name, and received a decision from the court.

A police official said, “We will eradicate various financial crimes that infringe on the livelihood of ordinary people and take strict action against fraud crimes in investment leading rooms that steal investment money using high returns as bait,” and added, “Inducing investment through false advertisements through social media or ‘principal guarantee’ “If you use phrases such as ‘high profits in a short period of time,’ it is highly likely to be a crime, so special caution is needed,” he said.

Busan = Reporter Oh Seong-taek [email protected]

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