ChainCatcher message, according to Cryptonews, a Bitcoin mining scam gang in South Korea was caught by the police for mistakenly targeting a detective as a "high-yield investment crypto scam". In April of this year, a detective from the Gyeonggi Southern Provincial Police Agency's Mobile Crime Investigation Team received a scam call from the gang and pretended to fall for the scam, providing bank account information and other details to cooperate with the investigation. The police subsequently traced the organization to its "headquarters" in Incheon through this information.

This operation resulted in the arrest of 81 individuals, including those suspected of purchasing leaked personal data. The police pointed out that the gang also used fake SIM cards to carry out the scams. On November 6, the Mobile Crime Investigation Team announced the detention of 9 individuals, including the gang's "leader", while the remaining 7 were granted bail after being charged with similar offenses.