A call center was set up in Cambodia and a 340 billion won-scale gambling website was operated. 18 people were arrested. The Gangwon Provincial Police Agency's Cyber Investigation Team arrested 18 people, including A and B, on charges of violating the Electronic Financial Transactions Act and the Gambling Business Act. According to the police, A and B opened a call center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in June 2021 and ran an online gambling site, 'K', which made 340 billion won in Korea. The police investigated 40 billion won in transactions related to the site and secured 1.3 billion won in assets. The police are investigating the scale of the damage and the number of users. The suspects are presumed to have made about 100 million won each. The police plan to expand the investigation to identify other accomplices and users. The call center had about 20 employees, and the police are investigating whether there were any other accomplices. The police also plan to work with Interpol to arrest suspects who are abroad. The Gangwon Provincial Police Agency urged people not to use unauthorized gambling sites. The police also warned that damage from unauthorized gambling sites is likely to be large and that users may be punished for violating the law.
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