Two DJs who worked at Disco Pang Pang amusement rides and defrauded female customers of tens of millions of won have been referred to prosecutors.
Seoul's Yeongdeungpo Police Station said on the 28th that it had sent a 29-year-old suspect, identified only by the surname A, to prosecutors the previous day under detention on fraud charges. A 29-year-old accomplice, identified as B, was referred the same day without detention.
The two men, who worked as DJs at Disco Pang Pang venues in the Anyang area of Gyeonggi Province, approached female customers of a similar age through social media platforms including Instagram. After expressing romantic interest and building rapport, they told the women, "If you do what I tell you, you can make money and cover your living expenses," then induced them to make small mobile payments or to sign up for expensive smartphone contracts. Police found the pair extracted about 36 million won from two women in their early 20s using this method.
A police official said the case deserves severe condemnation because it exploited victims who were vulnerable to such crimes. "These women were just starting out in life, and this left them with financial burdens they could not manage, which extended even to debts for their families," the official said, adding that crimes targeting socially vulnerable people will be punished sternly under the law.
