The Criminal Police of Vietnam in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Korea (RoK) are completing procedures to transfer a wanted criminal to the RoK police.
Wanted Korean criminal Kim Jin Ki
Kim Jin Ki, 66, has been hunted for fraudulent behaviour in the RoK after stealing an amount totaling KRW150 billion, equivalent to over US$122 million.
According to the Korean police, after being discovered in his homeland, the criminal entered Vietnam in 2020.
While in Vietnam, Kim constantly changed his places of residence in a bid to conceal his whereabouts.
However, he was arrested in an apartment in Me Tri ward of Nam Tu Liem district on March 27.