Overview
- A Korea-led task force working with Cambodian police raided offices and residences in Phnom Penh on Jan. 5, taking 26 suspects into custody.
- Authorities say the network posed as prosecutors and financial regulators to deceive South Koreans into surrendering funds.
- The presidential office says the scheme extracted 26.7 billion won from 165 victims through false claims of asset investigations.
- Numerous female victims were coerced to record explicit videos or send photos that were used for leverage.
- Seoul plans to verify the suspects' nationalities upon repatriation, pursue prosecution, and immediately block online circulation of the exploitative material.