Cho Ju-bin ‘Sextortion’ ring preyed on young women and exposed dark side of South Korea’s internet Trolling behind the anonymity afforded by an encrypted chat app, the man who called himself “Baksa” pretended he was many things: a no-holds-barred loan shark, a private eye for hire and a fortysomething Korean with a prosthetic leg living outside the law’s reach in Cambodia. In reality he was an out-of-work recent college grad who’d been bedridden for a year after a limb-lengthening surgery to overcome insecurities about his height. From his bedroom, Cho Ju-bin, 25, spun illusions and masterminded one of the most notorious sex crime schemes to shake South Korea in years. He blackmailed dozens of young women ... Continue reading... https://www.latimes.com/world-natio...korean-sextortion-ring-to-prey-on-young-women | Find in Internet Archives
'Sextortion' ring preyed on young women and exposed dark side of South Korea's internet Trolling behind the anonymity afforded by an encrypted chat app, the man who called himself "Baksa" pretended he was many things: a no-holds-barred loan shark, a private eye for hire and a fortysomething Korean with a prosthetic leg living outside the law's reach in Cambodia. In reality he was an out-of-work recent college grad who'd been bedridden for a year after a limb-lengthening surgery to overcome insecurities about his height. From his bedroom, Cho Ju-bin, 25, spun illusions and masterminded one of the most notorious sex crime schemes to shake South Korea in years. He blackmailed dozens of young women ... Continue reading... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...rk-side-of-south-korea-s-internet/ar-BB1bmQ7z | Find in Internet Archives
He and his young accomplices hunted women on social media – the ‘sextortion’ ring case roiling South Korea Trolling behind the anonymity afforded by an encrypted chat app, the man who called himself “Baksa” pretended he was many things: a no-holds-barred loan shark, a private eye for hire and a fortysomething Korean with a prosthetic leg living outside the law’s reach in Cambodia. In reality he was an out-of-work recent college grad who’d been bedridden for a year after a limb-lengthening surgery to overcome insecurities about his height. From his bedroom, Cho Ju-bin, 25, spun illusions and masterminded one of the most notorious sex crime schemes to shake South Korea in years. He blackmailed dozens of young women ... Continue reading... https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tec...-the-sextortion-ring-case-roiling-south-korea | Find in Internet Archives
