"Will Give You Financial Support" ... Mobile Phone Agency Taking Out Hundred-Million Loans Using Customers' ID Theft

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] An employee of a mobile phone agency who obtained loans worth hundreds of millions of won by using customers' ID cards without permission has been arrested by the police.

Busan Gijang Police Station announced on the 3rd that they have detained A (male, in his 30s) on charges including violation of the Information and Communications Network Act.

According to the police, A is suspected of copying the ID cards he received from four customers at a mobile phone agency he operates in Gijang-gun, Busan, under the pretext of providing subsidies, and from August to October, illegally activating mobile phones and obtaining loans totaling 220 million won through non-face-to-face loan applications.

So far, four cases of damage have been reported, but the police are investigating further, believing there may be additional offenses.