Police formed a task force and began expanding the investigation into clients in connection with a group that committed so-called "retaliation-for-hire," such as throwing filth at other people's homes for money.
Park Jeong-bo, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Commissioner, said at a regular press briefing on the 6th, "We referred four people — the operator, accomplices, an information provider, and the perpetrator — for arrest," and added, "We will need to investigate the clients going forward."
Police believe that clients and other people related to the case could be treated as accomplices or instigators, and that they could apply the charge of forming a criminal organization that was applied to the arrested group.
The information provider got a job undercover as a counselor at a Baemin outsourcing partner, looked up personal information, and passed it to the group. It was found that the person received tens of millions of won in return.
Commissioner Park assessed that the structure was similar to the "Baksa-bang" case. The main perpetrator, Cho Joo-bin, also received illegally searched personal information from a social service agent (public service worker) and committed the crimes.
Police formed a task force at the Yangcheon Police Station in Seoul. Commissioner Park said, "They say police can't catch them, and they even prepare for investigative responses, but because police have investigative experience and know all this, even if they commit crimes in this way, they are eventually all caught."