South Korean gang charged with laundering 756.80 million dollars through fake cryptocurrency website
The cybercrime investigation unit of the local police department in Busan, South Korea, has filed a non-detention indictment against a gang accused of laundering about 1.10 trillion won (about $756.80 million) through a fake cryptocurrency trading platform used by an illegal gambling website, the Korea Daily reported. The gang allegedly earned about 10 billion won (about $6.88 million). From January 2022 to September 2023, they operated five offices in South Korea, developed fake trading websites and laundered money for 112 gambling websites. Police also caught 80 minors involved, some of whom were recruited through the use of celebrity deepfake videos.