Kim 66 was surprised to hear that his cousin, identified only by his surname Choi 67, who lives in Jecheon, Chungbuk, took his own life on February 24. Choi’s suicide note said, “I was tricked by a group of used car dealers and forced to sell my car.” Kim said, “My cousin, who is a basic living security recipient, has been living so hard that he feels sorry for only 1,000 won,” adding, “I think he made an extreme choice because he was almost deprived of 3 million won by a used car fraud team and couldn’t afford 4 million won in installment debt.”
A native of Jecheon, Choi earned money from poomat during the farming season and worked in stonework in April-May to install tombstones. Kim said, “My late cousin is the second of the seven brothers and sisters. After graduating from elementary school on behalf of my sick eldest brother, I worked as a day laborer and took care of my brother. I still couldn’t get married and bought a house, so I lived on the second floor of the village hall.”
Choi said he was satisfied with finding a 1-ton truck for masonry work on the Internet on February 5 before he died. The sale was priced at 3 million won, half of the market price. Kim complained, “The used car that my brother found was just a false sale from the fraud team. Three or four young men with tattoos suddenly threatened my brother and forced him to sell a truck worth 7 million won instead of a false sale.”According to the
Police, Choi was threatened by a group of used car scammers while being held in a car for about eight hours at a used car trading complex in Seo-gu, Incheon. Kim said, “The group of frauds covered his brother’s eyes and demanded a forced sale. My brother, who brought a vehicle he couldn’t even use, only said he felt unfair because his money was taken away and his installment debt increased.” The actual price of the truck Choi bought for 7 million won was only 2 million won.The Chungbuk Police Agency said on the 11th that it arrested a used car fraud team that sold old cars to about 50 victims, including Choi, at a price higher than the market price. The police arrested four people, including 24-year-old A, and booked 22 people per person without detention on charges of fraud. They are accused of luring victims by posting false used car sales on the Internet and forcing them to sell other used cars.
A and others were found to have systematically divided their roles into team leaders, telemarketers, dispatch teams, and false dealers, earning 600 million won worth of unfair profits from about 50 victims for three months from December last year. The police identified the victim Choi’s suicide note and two suspects on his mobile phone and intensively investigated the crime of the fraud team.
A and others posted false advertisements saying they were selling used cars cheaply, and lured buyers who came to see it to draw up a contract. “The contracted vehicle is a fast-paced vehicle. “I have to pay 1 million won a month and get tested for two years,” he said, prompting me to buy another used car. He threatened the protesting buyer with pressure or imprisonment in a car to prevent him from returning home, showing tattoos, saying, “We should pay a penalty.”