A couple accused of using deepfake technology in Cambodia to run an investment "leading" scam in the style of a romance scam, stealing about 12 billion won from 104 Korean nationals, will be extradited to Korea on the 23rd.
The Ministry of Justice said on the 22nd that the extradition request for two suspects in the so-called "Cambodia couple scam ring" had been accepted and they would be returned to Korea.
The Ministry of Justice was working to extradite the suspects to Korea when, around last summer, it obtained information that the "couple scam ring" had been released from a Cambodian prison. The ministry immediately dispatched a prosecutor in charge of extradition at the International Criminal Affairs Division to the country. They met with the Cambodian Minister of Justice and persuaded authorities to have the couple scam ring arrested again.
In Oct. last year, the Ministry of Justice dispatched a prosecutor and an investigator in charge of mutual legal assistance at the International Criminal Affairs Division to a government joint response team to prevent Cambodian job scams, confinement, and scam crimes. The ministry also met with the Cambodian Vice Minister of Justice and asked that the couple scam ring be sent to Korea. In addition, the ministry held more than 10 videoconferences with officials at the Cambodian Ministry of Justice.
If the couple scam ring is extradited to Korea, the Ministry of Justice plans to freeze and recover the criminal revenue that flowed out to a Cambodian criminal compound based on the investigation results.