A 30-year-old man, who is the leader of a cybercrime group in Telegram that sexually exploited 234 people has been arrested and handed over to prosecutors.
On the 24th, the Cyber Crime Investigation Team of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency transferred A (33) to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office. A is facing a total of 19 charges, including the production and distribution of child sexual exploitation material, rape, threats, and coercion.
A, who is also known as 'Pastor' has sexually exploited 234 people over the past 5 years through coercion and intimidation. He is targeting men who are interested in deepfake videos and women who displayed sexual curiosity. A obtained their contact information through Telegram and threatened to expose their personal information if they try to reveal his crime. The victims were forced to report their daily activities to A every hour, and if they disobeyed instructions, they were coerced into taking nude photos or harming themselves. Ten underage female victims were told that they had to have sex with an 'unknown man' to "graduate" (escape his control) and were then sexually assaulted by "A" himself, who pretended to be this 'unknown man' himself. He even ordered members of his group to engage in sexual acts with each other as punishment for disobeying orders.
The number of victims in this case reaches 234 people. Among them, 159 are minors. This is more than three times the 73 victims of 'Nth Room' operated by Jo Joobin (30) and others for sexual exploitation in 2019 an 220. Two days ago, on the 22nd, the police held a Personal Information Disclosure Review Committee for suspect A and are considering disclosing his personal information.
At around 8:33 AM on that day, A got into the transport vehicle without answering any of the reporters' questions, such as "Did you commit the crime to satisfy your sexual desires?", "When did you start planning the crime?", and "Do you not feel sorry for the victims?"
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