13 Koreans nabbed for cyber gambling

A picture from the NBI – 7 showing the software programs the suspects used to operate their illegal online gambling portal. (PHOTO BY/ MOREXETTE ERAM)

Six Korean Nationals are now facing complaints on cybercrime in relation to illegal gambling before the Mandaue City Prosecutors Office after they were caught in the act of manning and operating an online gamble portal without the license of a regulating body by the government.

Six suspects namely Choi Jun Lee, Kim Jim Ho, Kim Tea Sick, Kang Dae Yeop, Kim Chi Min, and Joe Seong Woon were part of the 13 South Korean nationals who were nabbed by the National Bureau of Investigation – 7 (NBI – 7) last Wednesday night in a private subdivision at Barangay Cabancalan in Mandaue City.

NBI – 7 special investigator Arnel Pura told CDN that they only filed cases against 6 of them since the remaining seven were asleep during their raid.

All of the suspects remain under the custody of the NBI – 7.

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