“Watch YouTube at a low price” 100 million IP bypass operators ‘not forwarded’…Why?

Using an overseas VPN... YouTube premium service provided at a low price
A group of victims file a lawsuit after their accounts were suspended while in use...Police say, "It's not fraud."

A man in his 30s who was accused of selling YouTube premium tickets using an overseas VPN and then disappearing when his account was suspended was cleared of charges by the police.

On the 21st, Yeongdeungpo Police Station in Seoul decided not to forward Mr. A, a man in his 30s, who was suspected of fraud last February.

Mr. A recruited users and remitted subscription fees, saying he would provide YouTube premium accounts at a discounted price for about 1 year and 6 months starting in May 2022.

It is known that the profit earned by Mr. A through this method amounted to 100 million won.

However, the users' accounts were later suspended, and victims who had not been able to contact Mr. A filed complaints and the investigation began.

Mr. A completely denied the charges.

Mr. A claimed, “Google’s standards for blocking foreign IPs have been strengthened, so I was inevitably suspended,” and “I have never gone into hiding on purpose.”

The police concluded that Mr. A's actions did not violate product trading procedures and that he was not guilty.

The police explained, “Considering that Mr. A used a domestic account in his name for over two years, it is difficult to believe that he committed the crime for the purpose of defrauding.”

After the account was suspended, Mr. A posted a refund application on his blog and refunded the difference, and the fact that the victims later expressed their intention to withdraw the complaint were taken into consideration.

Attorney Lee Kwang-soo of Daeryun Law Firm, who represented Mr. A, explained, "The issue of fraud is whether or not there was awareness of the deceptive act and whether there was a mistake in judgment. Since Mr. A voluntarily responded after his account was suspended, the crime of fraud was not established."
 

Shin Min-ji (sourminjee@ikbc.co.kr)

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