The person who reported being robbed turned out to be a courier for a voice phishing crime ring.
The Songpa Police Station in Seoul said on the 22nd that two people, including a man in his 30s identified as A, a cash exchanger, were arrested and referred without detention on the 9th on charges of threatening a voice phishing courier with a weapon and forcibly taking cash.
A, a member of the voice phishing organization, and others are accused of threatening with a weapon while wearing hats and masks and forcibly taking 15 million won that a courier had collected on a street in Songpa District, Seoul, at around 6:30 p.m. on the 29th of last month.
They disguised the crime as a robbery to evade the oversight of the voice phishing ringleader and steal the money, it was found.
Police also arrested two phishing couriers, including the victim in this case, on the 22nd.
Police plan to continue investigating whether the suspects committed additional crimes and whether there are more accomplices.
A police official said, "We will investigate crimes such as robbery, theft, and voice phishing that harm law-abiding citizens quickly and strictly," and added, "If you witness a situation suspected of a crime, please actively report and provide tips."