The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, which formed the "task force (TF) to eradicate crimes disrupting everyday prices," is currently investigating scalping transactions for the BTS comeback concert and more.
Park Jeong-bo, chief of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, said at a regular press briefing on the 23rd that they are currently investigating a total of nine cases, including six cases of scalping sales, one related to the Petroleum and Petroleum Substitute Fuel Business Act, and two related to government policy funds.
Of the six scalping investigations, one is related to BTS's comeback performance at Gwanghwamun Square on the 21st. Cases were also uncovered in which KTX tickets and tickets for celebrity performances and baseball games were being sold at high prices.
After the Middle East crisis drove a sharp rise in domestic fuel prices, police also tightened crackdowns on violations of the Petroleum and Petroleum Substitute Fuel Business Act, including short measures, fake fuel, price collusion, and unregistered operations.
Police also plan to focus on election crimes using artificial intelligence (AI) ahead of the June 3 local elections.
Park said, "With Generative AI, it is possible to make it look like a candidate did activities they did not do, create supposed ties with a particular celebrity, or make it seem like they are close, such as by holding hands with a specific person," adding, "We plan to prepare countermeasures for anticipated types of election crimes abusing AI and distribute them to front-line police stations."