The exterior is an office, the interior is a ”hotel casino”... South Korea arrests operator of illegal gambling facility

Thirty-four people, including the head of an organization that operated illegal gambling facilities worth 65 billion won (about 6.5 billion yen) in Seoul and Gangnam-gu, were arrested at once.
It was discovered that he was operating an online gambling facility where people could participate in bets. It was discovered that he was avoiding the police's investigation by periodically changing the location under a strict membership system.
On the 6th, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Regional Investigation Division's Drug Crimes Investigation Unit arrested the top suspect A (54) in South Korea on charges of opening a gambling facility, among other things, and also investigated the employees who operated the gambling facility and the casino atmosphere.
The police revealed that 33 people, including suspect B (41), a dealer who was hired to create the atmosphere, and suspect C (56), a gambler, were arrested at home on suspicion of aiding and abetting gambling.
Suspect A is accused of operating a membership-based illegal gambling facility worth 65 billion won in revenue in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, between June 2023 and August of this year. Suspect A
A was identified as the head of a domestic organization that opened a gambling facility where people could bet while live-streaming footage from overseas casinos. During the crackdown, police uncovered 205 million won (approximately 100,000,000 won) of illegal earnings from suspect A.
The suspects, including B, were employed as professional dealers and employees to create a casino atmosphere, and are suspected of aiding and abetting the operation of an illegal gambling facility.
The dealers were confirmed to have graduated from a university majoring in tourism and hotel management and had several years of experience working as casino dealers in hotels. The dealers offered chips on the tables.
By managing the casino, they were able to create an atmosphere that resembled gambling in a hotel casino, and employees also provided various food and beverage services to create that atmosphere.
He is suspected of entering gambling establishments and illegally gambling on games such as baccarat, worth tens or hundreds of millions of won.
According to police, the group used every possible method to avoid being tracked down.
Unlike the interior, which was decorated like a hotel casino, the exterior looked like an ordinary office. It was operated as a strictly membership-based business, so that people could only access it through recommendations from acquaintances.
The company rented an office in Tokyo and changed locations three times over a 14-month period. It installed several private CCTV cameras to monitor the exterior of the building, and no one who could not be identified was allowed in or out.
The police are conducting strong and sustained crackdown activities as gambling crimes are increasing day by day due to easy access to gambling both online and offline, and gambling crimes are becoming more serious.
The government also plans to track down and arrest the heads of organizations based overseas that design and operate gambling sites.