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Head of South Korean events company indicted for fraud, leaking personal data

( July 22, 2015, 03:18 GMT | Insight) -- The head of an unnamed South Korean events organizing company was indicted for selling the personal data of 4.85 million people and fraudulently changing the winners of sweepstakes it organized to relatives, friends and other related parties, ultimately co...The head of an unnamed South Korean events organizing company was indicted for selling the personal data of 4.85 million people and fraudulently changing the winners of sweepstakes it organized to relatives, friends and other related parties, ultimately collecting 8 billio won ($6.9 million), Yonhap News Agency reported today. The man, identified only by the surname Seo, collected the personal data through a sweepstakes at various E-Marts, a local retail chain, around the country from 2012 to 2013 and sold them to three domestic insurance firms for 7.2 billion won....

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