South Korean police bust large‑scale voice‑phishing networks

Daegu police announced the arrest of 38 people, including 14 in custody, for recruiting and supplying dummy bank accounts to criminal groups. The suspects created 78 accounts that were used for voice‑phishing, illegal gambling and money‑laundering, moving roughly 37.7 billion won. Police seized cash, mobile phones and authentication devices, and warned that “dummy accounts are a key tool for many scams and must be avoided.”

In a separate operation, Daejeon police detained 11 individuals, ten of whom were remanded, for operating telephone‑relay devices hidden in rental cars. The devices rerouted overseas voice‑phishing calls to domestic numbers. Authorities confiscated more than 1,300 pieces of equipment, including phones, SIM cards and routers, and cautioned the public that “any suspicious call, even with a local number, should be hung up and reported.”