경찰이 밝힌 피의자들은 사전에 다량의 비상장주식을 확보한 뒤 범행을 총괄하고 조직원을 모집하는 총책, 투자 전문가를 사칭해 피해자들에게 접근한 투자리딩 영업팀, 차명계좌를 이용해 범죄수익을 자금세탁한 환전팀, 조직 총책에게 영업팀⋅환전팀을 연결하고 범죄수익을 전달하는 알선책, 대포통장을 수급하고 피해금을 인출하는 통장수급 및 인출팀 등으로 역할을 분담하여 점조직 형태의 투자리딩방 범행을 계획했던 것으로 밝혀졌다.
이들은 범행에 앞서 주식 등 투자손실을 본 5000여 명의 연락처를 확보해 타겟형 범행을 주도했고, 포털사이트 검색으로 사람들이 쉽게 찾아볼 수 있는 기업을 물색하여 외국 주요 기업과 업무협약을 맺고 친환경 에너지 개발 회사로 확인되는 A주식회사를 범죄에 이용할 종목으로 선정한 뒤 카카오톡을 통해 불특정 다수에게 접근한 것으로 드러났다.
특히 투자전문가를 사칭하면서 ‘회사가 상장을 하기 위해서 일반인 소액주주 모집을 한다’, ‘에너지 전문기업, 국내 최초 차량용 연료 전지 공급 특허를 받았다’, ‘아랍에미리트와의 에너지 협력 기대에 에너지주가 강세다. 물량 구하기가 정말 어렵다’, ‘기술특례 상장 제도기업이라 수익 300%가 확정난 종목이다’ 등의 허위정보를 제공하며 피해자들을 속였는데, 피해자들이 비상장 주식을 매수하면 주문량만큼 실제 주식계좌에 입고시켜 주었고 주요 포털사이트에서 해당 회사의 호재가 검색 가능했던 탓에 피해자들이 범행을 의심하기 어려웠고, 이로 인해 막심한 재산피해가 유발되었던 것으로 보인다.
뿐만 아니라, 이들은 범죄수익을 자금세탁하기 위해 가상자산 거래 관련 법인을 별도 설립하고, 이를 기반으로 개인 간 P2P 가상자산 거래가 가능한 거래소 사이트를 개설, 범죄수익을 가상자산 매매대금으로 가장하여 자금 세탁하는 등 경찰의 자금추적을 교묘하게 회피하고 경찰수사에 대비하였다.
대전경찰청 사이버수사대는 지난해 3월 9일, 다른 사건으로 출석한 사기 피의자와 동행한 자가 차량을 청사 안에 주차하지 않고 바깥을 맴도는 것을 수상히 여겨 불심검문을 실시했고 그 결과, 현금 6천 6백만 원⋅대포폰 6대⋅텔레그램으로 자금세탁을 지시하는 문자 등을 발견하여 현장에서 자금세탁책을 현행범 체포하면서 수사에 착수(3월 이후 피해확산 차단)했다.
이후 범행 이용 계좌 수백 개 및 대포폰 수백 대의 통화내역⋅텔레그램을 분석하고 장기간의 추적⋅탐문수사를 거쳐 경기⋅강원⋅충청⋅전라 지역의 은신처 등 15개소를 특정하였고, 현장 압수수색을 통해 범행을 입증할 증거와 현금 20억 원 상당을 압수한 뒤 투자리딩방 범죄조직 일당을 순차적으로 검거했다.
경찰관계자는, 투자리딩방 사기의 경우 유명인 사칭⋅고수익 보장⋅단체대화방 內 바람잡이 등 다양한 방법으로 끊임없이 피해자들을 기망하려 하기 때문에 본 사례처럼 포털사이트에서 쉽게 찾아볼 수 있는 호재라고 하더라도 다시 한번 의심해보고 전문가들을 통한 중복 점검 등을 통해 세심한 주의를 기울여야 한다고 조언하는 한편, 대전경찰청(사이버범죄수사대)은, 앞으로도 허위의 투자정보를 이용하여 서민들의 목돈과 노후자금을 노리는 각종 금융범죄를 근절하고, 특히 건전한 투자환경을 저해하는 투자리딩방 불법행위에 대해 엄중히 대응하겠다고 밝혔다.
*아래는 위 기사를 '구글 번역'으로 번역한 영문 기사의 [전문]입니다. '구글번역'은 이해도를 높이기를 위해 노력하고 있습니다. 영문 번역에 오류가 있을 수 있음을 전제로 합니다.<*The following is [the full text] of the English article translated by 'Google Translate'. 'Google Translate' is working hard to improve understanding. It is assumed that there may be errors in the English translation.>
Daejeon Police Agency arrests a group of people who embezzled 10.8 billion won through false investment information
Starting around January 2023, the Daejeon Police Agency (Commissioner Seungyoung Yoon) swindled 10.8 billion won worth of investment money from 1,120 victims by using false promotional materials stating that unlisted shares worth 100 won of A Corporation would be listed at 90,000 won. It was announced on the 26th that a total of 14 people, including the leader of the organization and members of the organization, were arrested and five of them were detained.
The suspects revealed by the police are the leader who secured a large amount of unlisted stocks in advance and oversaw the crime and recruited gang members, the investment leading sales team who impersonated investment experts and approached the victims, and the money launderer who used borrowed-name accounts to launder the proceeds of crime. The team plans to commit a crime in an investment leading room in the form of a branch organization by dividing roles into a mediation plan that connects the sales team and currency exchange team to the head of the organization and delivers the proceeds of crime, and a bank account supply and withdrawal team that supplies cannon accounts and withdraws damages. It turned out that it did.
Prior to committing the crime, they secured contact information of over 5,000 people who had suffered losses on investments such as stocks and led targeted crimes. They searched for companies that people can easily find through portal site searches, signed business agreements with major foreign companies, and developed eco-friendly energy. It was revealed that A Corporation, identified as a company, was selected as an item to be used for crimes and then approached an unspecified number of people through KakaoTalk.
In particular, while impersonating an investment expert, he said things like, "The company is recruiting minority shareholders from the public for listing," "Energy specialized company received Korea's first vehicle fuel cell supply patent," and "Energy stocks are strong due to expectations of energy cooperation with the United Arab Emirates." . They deceived the victims by providing false information such as 'It is really difficult to obtain the quantity' and 'It is a company with a technology special listing system, so 300% profit is guaranteed'. When the victims purchase unlisted stocks, the actual stock account is stocked with the amount ordered. Because the company's good news was searchable on major portal sites, it was difficult for the victims to suspect the crime, which appears to have caused extensive property damage.
In addition, they established a separate corporation related to virtual asset trading in order to launder the proceeds of crime, and based on this, opened an exchange site that allows peer-to-peer virtual asset trading between individuals, and laundered money by disguising the proceeds of crime as proceeds from virtual asset sales. He cleverly evaded the police's money chase and prepared for a police investigation.
On March 9th of last year, the Daejeon Police Agency's Cyber Investigation Unit became suspicious of a person accompanying a fraud suspect who had attended the office for another incident and instead of parking his vehicle inside the building, he wandered around outside the building and conducted a surprise search. As a result, 66 million won in cash was discovered. We discovered text messages instructing money laundering on six Daepo phones and Telegram, and began an investigation by arresting the money launderer on the spot (blocking the spread of damage since March).
Afterwards, the call records and telegrams of hundreds of accounts used for the crime and hundreds of Daepo phones were analyzed, and through long-term tracking and interrogation, 15 locations, including hideouts in the Gyeonggi, Gangwon, Chungcheong, and Jeolla regions, were identified, and the crime was committed through on-site seizure and search. After confiscating evidence and cash equivalent to 2 billion won, members of the investment leadership room criminal organization were sequentially arrested.
Police officials say that in the case of investment leading room fraud, they constantly try to deceive victims through various methods such as impersonating celebrities, guaranteeing high profits, and flirting in group chat rooms, so even if it is good news that can be easily found on a portal site like in this case, they should be suspicious once again and consult an expert. While advising the Daejeon Police Agency (Cyber Crime Investigation Unit) to pay close attention through duplicate inspections through They announced that they will take strict action against illegal activities in investment leading rooms that undermine the investment environment. <저작권자 ⓒ 브레이크뉴스대전충청 무단전재 및 재배포 금지>
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