Prosecute Malicious Gambling In the Nation
A group of gamblers who raked in hundreds of millions of won using various malicious gambling skills are being prosecuted. Suspects made full use of high tech gambling technology copied from a recent popular movie called “The War of Flower.”
The East district public prosecutor’s office restricted some Lee (47) and Jeong (39) on suspicion of winning approximately 3,600 million won by holding tens of gambling sets around the country starting from October, 2004 to until now. In addition, four other suspects were given summary indictments and some Kang, on the run, is wanted by the police.
According to police investigations, the group opened a so-called Hula gamble in October 2004 and used a ‘Steki’ technique (after shuffling the cards, one can have a card that one wishes to have) to draw 120 million won out of C person.
Lee, Jeong and others used not just Steki skill, but also used a ‘Mock technique’ where the backs of cards are treated with a chemical and can be read to see an opponent's cards. They also hid cards under the table and swapped whenever they needed to.
Lee and the other suspects made their own sign language to communicate and let each other know about opponents' cards. The method is covering the left hand holding cards with the right hand and pointing to one to thirteen joints, indicating the other person’s cards. Along with that method, they duped victims by sending other signals. If they hold good cards, they unfold their fist and if they have bad cards, they clench their fist so that winning and losing at the gambling table depended on the actions.
Lee and Jeong used these methods to win 140 million won from J in May 2005 and drew 60 million out of Y in the middle of February last year.
Suspects, including Lee and Jeong, accommodated victims with loans up to millions of won when victims lost all their money on the spot. The next day, the group went to the victim's work or home to get the debt back by threatening them.
Officials at the prosecutor’s office said, “Professional gamblers are proficient in various malicious gambling skills that there’s no point of competing with them at the table.”
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 / 입력시간: 2007. 01.12. 08:32
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