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Korean scam ring busted in Almaty in joint operation with Kazakhstan

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Korean investigators have busted a Korean scam ring operating in Kazakhstan in a joint operation with the Central Asian country's authorities, national police said Wednesday. Investigators from a governmentwide special task force on transnational crimes apprehended 14 members of the scam ring in an operation in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on July 23, while five other members residing in Korea have also been arrested, the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) said in a briefing. All 19 suspects are Korean nationals, it added. The operation marked the first time Korean authorities have directly apprehended a Korean scam organization operating from Central Asia. The ring has been classified as a scam organization because its members committed various types of phishing crimes, including voice phishing and financial fraud carried out through text messages. The KNPA speculated that some Korean scam organizations operating in Southeast Asia, including Cambodia and Vietnam, appeared to have relocated t

First report: Korea-Kazakhstan raid nets 19 in Korean scam ring — koreaherald.com, 6d