2023-10-16 01:47:39
▲ Daejeon Credit Union robbery suspect entering the police station Photo: Yonhap News A man in his 40s who was caught breaking into a credit union in Daejeon, stealing tens of millions of won in cash and fleeing to Vietnam has been put on trial.
Daejeon District Prosecutors’ Office announced on the 16th that it had arrested and indicted 47-year-old Mr. A on charges of aggravated robbery and habitual gambling.
On August 18, Mr. A entered a credit union in Gwanjeo-dong, Seo-gu, Daejeon, spraying fire extinguisher powder and then threatened an employee with a weapon and stole 39 million won in cash.
Mr. A, who fled on a previously prepared motorcycle, later changed several means of transportation, including a stolen motorcycle and a taxi, and secured an escape route by only finding roads without CCTV.
He cleverly evaded the police investigation network by changing his clothes several times and wearing gloves to avoid leaving fingerprints, and left the country for Danang, Vietnam, two days after the crime.
After confirming Mr. A’s identity, the police requested a red notice from the International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO/Interpol) and urgently arrested Mr. A at a hotel casino in Danang, Vietnam, on the 10th of last month, 23 days after the incident.
At the time of arrest, Mr. A had casino chips worth 2 million won, and it was reported that most of the stolen money was squandered.
During the investigation, the prosecution additionally confirmed that Mr. A had accessed an internet gambling site and gambled habitually from around January 2021 to last August, leading to bankruptcy.
The amount used for gambling was equivalent to 4 billion won, and in the process, hundreds of millions of won in debt was incurred, and as the person was subjected to debt collection, it was investigated that the crime was planned by targeting a credit union branch where the petition police were not working.
A prosecution official said, “Mr. A initially claimed that he committed the crime spontaneously because of business debt, but we confirmed that his addiction to internet gambling and the resulting debt were the main motive for the crime.”
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