PANews reported on January 20 that according to the Korea Daily, the Busan Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Investigation Team in South Korea has filed a non-custodial indictment against a gang, accusing it of laundering about 1.1 trillion won (about 756.8 million U.S. dollars) through fake cryptocurrency trading platforms used by illegal gambling websites. The gang is said to have made a profit of about 10 billion won (about 6.88 million U.S. dollars). From January 2022 to September 2023, they operated five offices in South Korea, developed fake trading websites, and laundered money for 112 gambling websites. The police also arrested 80 minors involved in the case, some of whom were recruited through the use of deep fake videos of celebrities.