DGB Daegu Bank signed a business agreement with Daegu Metropolitan Police Agency (Chief Kim Soo-young) on the 4th at 11 a.m. at its headquarters in Suseong-dong, Suseong-gu, Daegu, to prevent telephone financial fraud and jeonse fraud crimes and support victims.
This agreement was made to strengthen mutual cooperation for the prevention of telephone financial fraud and jeonse fraud, which harm the low-income economy, and to support crime victims.
Daegu Bank President Hwang Byung-woo and Daegu Police Chief Kim Soo-young (right in the photo) are posing for a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement.
Through this agreement, both organizations plan to join forces to prevent crime damage in advance by promoting campaigns to prevent telephone financial fraud and jeonse fraud.
DGB Daegu Bank, in cooperation with Daegu Metropolitan Police Agency, has prevented voice phishing face-to-face fraud damages amounting to 7.3 billion KRW over the past three years, and among them, 148 cases received commendations from the jurisdictional police stations for excellent prevention staff. Through this agreement, commendations jointly issued by Daegu Metropolitan Police Agency will also be awarded to branches of DGB Daegu Bank that excel in prevention.
Under this agreement, DGB Daegu Bank plans to entrust a fund of 10 million KRW to the Daegu Social Welfare Council to support victims of telephone financial fraud and other crimes.
Hwang Byung-woo, President of Daegu Bank, said, “So far, we have worked hard to protect the valuable financial assets of local residents through cooperation with Daegu Metropolitan Police Agency in preventing voice phishing face-to-face fraud and various promotional activities. We will continue to strengthen mutual cooperation with Daegu Metropolitan Police Agency to eradicate telephone financial fraud and jeonse fraud and make continuous efforts to prevent crimes.”
Daegu Metropolitan Police Agency conducted year-round continuous crackdowns and various prevention and promotional activities against telephone financial fraud. As a result, the number of telephone financial fraud cases in Daegu decreased from 1,011 cases (23.3 billion KRW) in 2021 to 593 cases (10.2 billion KRW) in 2022, and as of June 2023, it has decreased by 33% compared to the same period.
Additionally, since July 25, 2022, the police have arrested 152 malicious landlords and others through a special crackdown on jeonse fraud, detaining 16 of them.
Kim Soo-young, Chief of Daegu Metropolitan Police Agency, emphasized, “We will continue to strengthen cooperation with related organizations to make Daegu safe from telephone financial fraud, jeonse fraud, and various incidents, accidents, and crimes.”
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