A Korean man in his thirties was arrested for distributing pronography and was forcibly returned to Korea from Vietnam. Although he surreptitiously operated by using stolen IDs and VPN to access the server, he was eventually caught by the Jeju Provincial Police Agency and Vietnamese judicial authorities.

Geena Kim reports.

[slug] Man, 38, arrested for distributing pornography

The Jeju Provincial Police Agency has arrested a 38-year-old man for distributing pornography and video clips recorded by a hidden camera.

[slug] Distributed files over 10+ sharing services

He had allegedly distributed pornography and illegally recorded video clips on file sharing websites for a period of two months last year, after which he moved to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. (5월부터 7월)

[slug] Thousands of video clips shared over a 2-month period

Only identified by his surname, Kim (Surnamed Kim) had distributed about 3,600 videos for two months.

The police traced his bank account and found about 50 million won paid to him from a dozen file sharing websites.

Kim already had a criminal record and was charged with the same violation before fleeing Korea.(flee from Vietnam)

[slug] Kim evades police with aliases and VPN

He used (other’s names) multiple aliases when signing up on file sharing websites and VPN to make it difficult to track him down.

[slug] Arrest made in cooperation with Vietnamese judicial authorities

Through international cooperation between the Jeju Provincial Police Agency and Vietnamese judicial authorities, Kim was extradited to Korea and arrested.

INTERVIEW
Gang Gwi-bong / Cyber Crime Division, Jeju Provincial Police Agency
We put the man on Interpol’s wanted list and applied a restriction on his passport. The Vietnam People's Public Security reported his whereabout to us.
<인터뷰 : 강귀봉/ 제주지방경찰청 사이버수사대장>
"인터폴 수배와 여권 행정 제재를 취했고 베트남 공안청에서 피의자 소재를 발견한 뒤 저희에게 연락하여 국제 공조 수사했습니다."

[Reporter] Geena Kim
[Camera] Hyeon Gwang-hoon
[Source] Jeju Provincial Police Agency

Police arrested Kim for violation of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, ETC. of Sexual crimes and the Information Communication Network Act, and they are now widening their investigation in search of his accomplices.

Geena Kim, KCTV