Police in Ho Chi Minh City recently collaborated with the Ministry of Public Security’s Department of Cybersecurity and relevant agencies to apprehend three South Korean individuals, who had been the subjects of an Interpol red notice for involvement in high-tech crimes.

These foreigners, namely 49-year-old Jeong Ki Won, 40-year-old Park Jai Hyung, and 43-year-old Jang Woo Jin, entered Vietnam under the guise of foreign investors and experts who had endorsements from different businesses in Ho Chi Minh City, thereby obtaining visas and temporary residence cards through legal channels, a representative of the city’s Department of Public Security said on Thursday.

Park came to Vietnam on September 20, 2022, Jeong entered the country on March 23, 2023, and Jang followed suit on March 28, 2023.

The Interpol red notice showed that the three individuals established and ran a gambling and betting website named Slot in Vietnam to generate profits. 

This online platform offered gambling services where players would make deposits to participate and potentially gain money.

This trio worked and communicated using the Telegram instant messaging application, employing an auto-delete feature for their messages to evade detection by law enforcement agencies.

Upon their arrival in Vietnam, the group did not reside at the registered address provided upon entry, but instead concealed themselves at various locations in Ho Chi Minh City.

Police in the city arrested all three individuals along with several other people involved, and confiscated substantial evidence linked to their illicit activities.

The three South Koreans then admitted to their involvement in criminal activities. 

Vietnamese police officers handed them over to the South Korean authorities via Tan Son Nhat International Airport on May 26, according to Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper.

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