PANews August 23 news, according to the Korea Times report, a man has been on the run for nearly five years for orchestrating a large-scale cryptocurrency scam worth 17.7 billion won (approximately 13.2 million USD), and was arrested by the police in Seoul for littering. Investigators said the man defrauded around 1,300 people through cryptocurrency scams from 2018 to 2019, amounting to 17.7 billion won, and fled in 2020. He was subsequently handed over to the Southern District Prosecutor's Office in Seoul, which has been responsible for the investigation.