A group of 73 South Koreans detained in Cambodia over alleged involvement in online scam operations was forcibly returned home Friday to face investigation. A chartered Korean Air flight arrived at Incheon International Airport at 9:41 a.m. after departing from Phnom Penh the previous day, marking the nation’s largest repatriation of criminal suspects from a single country. The suspects had been detained in Cambodia by a joint investigation team and are accused of swindling a total of 48.6 billion won ($33.1 million) from 869 South Korean victims, according to Cheong Wa Dae. They were immediately placed under custody after boarding the plane with court-issued warrants and will be transferred to local police stations nationwide for further investigation. Among the suspects, 70 of them are accused of participation in online fraud activities, such as romance scams, while the remaining three face charges of robbery by hostage and gambling. They included a couple accused of swindling 12 billion won from 104 people through romance scams using deep fake technology. The couple had evaded authorit
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