A Chinese man in his 40s, identified as A, who led an overseas hacking crime ring that illegally collected personal information of BTS member Jungkook, chaebol heads, and venture company CEOs and siphoned off more than 38 billion won from their financial accounts and virtual asset accounts, was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
The Ministry of Justice said on the 12th morning that, together with the Korean National Police Agency, it repatriated A from Bangkok, Thailand, to Incheon International Airport.
A organized a hacking crime group overseas, including in Thailand. From August 2023 to April this year, the group broke into websites such as those of budget phone operators and illegally collected personal information. A is suspected of using this information to withdraw large sums of money without authorization from victims' financial accounts and more.
Earlier, the Ministry of Justice, in cooperation with the Korean National Police Agency, arrested B (36), a Chinese national and a co-conspirator at the ringleader level, locally in Thailand in May last year, and also apprehended A. B was repatriated to Korea in August last year and was indicted and detained.
To repatriate A, the Ministry of Justice dispatched a prosecutor in charge and an investigator to Thailand and held a videoconference with Thai prosecutors. After going through extradition court procedures in Thailand, A was repatriated to Korea.