A ring that ran gambling websites in places including Vietnam and took in about 1.3 trillion won in deposits was caught by police. Police arrested 63 people, including the operating ring and domestic distributors, and placed a preservation order for confiscation on criminal proceeds worth about 75.4 billion won.
The South Gyeongsang Provincial Police Agency's Cyber Investigation Unit said on the 21st that it had uncovered a ring that operated multiple gambling websites in places including Vietnam from April 2020 to January 2025 and took in gambling funds totaling about 1.3 trillion won.
Police arrested a total of 63 people, including 13 in the site operating ring and 50 distributors in Korea who handled promotion and member recruitment. Of these, five, including top bosses A, 43, and B, 42, were arrested and jailed.
Police analyzed more than 500 accounts to trace the flow of funds, caught ringleader A, who had been operating in Vietnam, during the process of entering Korea, and then sequentially apprehended related suspects. Fifty members of the distributor ring who promoted the gambling sites in Korea and took commissions were also arrested on charges including aiding and abetting the opening of gambling operations.
To recover criminal proceeds, police worked with a separate tracking team to seek a pre-indictment preservation order for confiscation on about 75.4 billion won, and the court granted it. It is the largest ever for a single police cyber gambling case.