My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 122

“Honestly, even meeting like this makes me uneasy.”

“What are you so worried about? We made sure to meet in a safe place, right?”

“That’s true, but…”

The place where they gathered was deserted. They didn’t even use their phones, communicating only through a secure messenger used overseas, just in case. They checked to see if anyone was following them on their way there.

Once a company has been tracked, you never know what might happen.

“But they can’t make a peep right now.”

“Well, the situation at Samhan Group isn’t great right now.”

“Exactly. That’s the important thing. Samhan Group is in a bad spot.”

If Samhan Group is in trouble and a similar incident occurs, it will be truly irreversible.

“Isn’t that why they gave us money?”

“Maybe so.”

The two people in the shop nodded. When they were arrested, they thought their lives were over. But as lawyers started to arrive, the situation changed.

To be precise, it was fortunate that the boss was smarter than they thought.

The boss was angry about being touched and demanded a lawyer, raising a fuss. Just in case, they firmly denied knowing anything.

The lawyer came and threatened them, saying they were arrested without evidence and that it was an illegal arrest. The employees were released in less than six hours, let alone a day.

“You saw it that day. There was no evidence, and no way to track us.”

At Joo Pil-man’s words, the three nodded vigorously. That day, the police couldn’t produce any evidence.

Would it be any different now?

“Since they have nothing, of course they have to give us money.”

Having experienced it once, and because the police couldn’t respond at all back then and let them go, they believed that the other side would never be able to catch them.

“Well, that’s true. The goods are one thing, but the email is untraceable.”

“Right. The login itself was bypassed, so they can never identify it.”

Of course, you have to enter a phone number when creating an email, but there are more places than you think on the internet that temporarily create phone numbers.

It was created through China, not somewhere else, so there’s no way they would hand over the related data. The IP address was also completely bypassed through a VPN [Virtual Private Network, masking the user’s location], so the police can’t even know where they logged in from.

In fact, they were confident that no trace would be left because they had entered the details of a Chinese person whose personal information they even knew.

“So, let’s exchange this.”

“Hehehe, 1 billion won [approximately $750,000 USD], you say.”

They couldn’t help but smile, thinking that their crime had succeeded.

***

“We’ve got them. An application for withdrawal has been made from a place called Jaun Software.”

The employee who answered the phone jumped up from his seat.

“Total application amount is 4 billion won [approximately $3 million USD], or 3.7 billion won to be exact, reflecting the drop.”

“Just as I expected.”

Kim Seong-han clicked his tongue at Park Do-joon’s words.

“How did you know?”

“It’s human instinct to dislike losing money.”

A 4 billion won worth of Bitcoin had fallen to 3.7 billion won in just a few days.

“Do you know the saying, ‘Easy come, easy go’?”

“I know that saying.”

“If the principal is tied up, they desperately want it to be recovered. That’s why they can’t easily cut their losses.”

Even people who begged to be saved will shout ‘Let’s go!’ when it enters an upward trend, clinging on again and becoming red-eyed again, unable to cut their losses.

“The speculative market is strong in that aspect. But if the money isn’t theirs, it’s not difficult to make a cold-hearted decision.”

If they judge that it’s a downward trend in the long term, humans want to minimize the damage in any way possible. Because it’s their money.

But this money isn’t theirs. Of course, the criminals will have no choice but to minimize their losses from their perspective.

“So you thought they would sell it?”

“That’s what cryptocurrency is like.”

Works of art, jewels, or gold are items whose value will inevitably increase over time. But cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, fluctuate in value depending on the time.

Of course, they will want to obtain the most stable profit possible.

“The calculations they made wouldn’t include the idea of holding onto Bitcoin and selling it in the distant future to make a profit.”

“How are you so sure of that?”

Kim Seong-han spoke as if he was amazed, and Park Do-joon chuckled at him.

“Didn’t I tell you before? Criminals don’t think about the future.”

“Ah!”

Criminals don’t think about what will happen in the future, because the present is important, so they are likely to try to receive the determined value first.

“So you thought they would settle after selling it.”

“That’s right.”

And as expected, they requested settlement. There aren’t many companies in Korea that settle Bitcoin. In particular, there are barely over ten companies that settle billions of won.

If it’s not such a place, it’s impossible to find the money, so as a result, they have no choice but to get caught.

“So, should we go catch them now?”

“How about calling the press and YouTubers?”

“What? The press? YouTubers?”

Kim Seong-han tilted his head at Park Do-joon’s words. Why would he call them?

“In the current situation, what better way is there to turn things around?”

“Ah, that’s true.”

Kim Seong-han exclaimed at Park Do-joon’s words. The damage is already severe in the current situation. They have to catch the criminals, but it’s not easy.

“Jin Group will probably try to cover up this situation in any way possible.”

“You mean the fact that we caught the criminals?”

“Yes, because that’s how they can get more of the benefits.”

And to prevent that, they have to make the incident an issue no matter what. But that’s not easy. First of all, even if they arrest them one by one, it’s obvious that they won’t admit their guilt, and even if they do admit it, publicly conveying it to the press isn’t a matter of their power, but a matter of balance between Jin Group and Samhan Group. In the current situation, Samhan Group is definitely being pushed back compared to Jin Group.

“You know that for sure, don’t you?”

“Ugh… that’s true.”

Kim Seong-han groaned. The inevitable thing is that Samhan Group made every effort to cover up the incident, but ultimately failed.

And as a result of the investigation, they were able to find out that Jin Group was lobbying behind the scenes and fueling the incident through the media, just as Park Do-joon had said.

“According to you, they’re even preparing to tear us apart in the media if someone dies.”

Kim Seong-han wiped away the sweat on his brow as if his neck was chilling, and he fiddled with his neck. After giving the reporters a generous amount of money, some of them told the truth: if an elderly death occurred, they would make noise about Samhan Group’s products being there.

Fortunately, however, no one had been found dead in that way yet, so it had not been carried out.

‘It’s a relief that we recovered it, even though the damage was severe.’

When Park Do-joon argued that the food had to be recovered, most of the directors argued that it was absolutely impossible, that the damage would be hundreds of billions of won or more, and that they should just leave it alone.

This was because the recovered food could not be recycled and had to be completely discarded.

However, when Park Do-joon told him about Jin Group’s plan, Kim Seong-han immediately ordered the recovery, and in fact, the main food counters were now completely devoid of Samhan Group’s food.

Thanks to that, they were not involved in the death incident.

“If we show the scene of the criminals being arrested in real time in this situation, people will be relieved.”

“Will that be enough?”

“Of course, there are other things. But this is a bit….”

Park Do-joon hesitated slightly, then looked around and said quietly.

“Let’s talk quietly.”

“Let’s do that.”

Park Do-joon avoided the people and entered the chairman’s office with Kim Seong-han.

“It’s difficult to say this publicly because giving such advice is illegal.”

“Tell me. We’ll do anything if we can survive.”

“There is a need to reveal the faces of the criminals.”

“The faces of the criminals?”

“Yes.”

Park Do-joon said with a serious face.

“Extortion is not subject to face disclosure [laws protecting the anonymity of suspects].”

“Is that so?”

“Yes, and there will definitely be something to say in such cases.”

He only said that much, but Kim Seong-han seemed to know what he meant.

“You mean someone took the blame and went instead?”

“Yes, you know well.”

“Didn’t you warn me about that last time?”

“That’s right. Furthermore, the biggest problem is that there is someone inside the company among the criminals.”

“Ugh.”

There is someone inside the company. And in Korea, extortion is not a major crime. Of course, in this case, there is a high possibility that the maximum sentence of seven years will be given.

“But Koreans don’t believe the court’s ruling.”

Even if the maximum sentence is given in the first trial, they think it will be reduced in the second trial.

“The other side will also use a lawyer, and I think the final sentence will be about three to four years.”

Five years at most. Instead of guaranteeing billions of won? There may be someone who is willing to take the blame.

“But isn’t that just the claim of some people?”

“That’s right. But as long as there is that claim from some people, people have no choice but to feel uneasy.”

Of course, they won’t fiercely refute or fight it head-on. There’s no reason to do that. But there will still be lingering discomfort. And as much as that, it will be difficult for Samhan Group to rise again.

“I see what you mean.”

If they don’t get rid of that lingering discomfort, people will have no choice but to hesitate to touch the food.

“It’s not a matter of promotion, it’s that.”

No matter how many thousands or tens of thousands of times they shout that the criminal has been caught or that their food is clean, people will have no choice but to turn to other alternative foods because of the lingering discomfort in their hearts.

“But having their faces revealed is a completely different matter.”

“Why is that?”

“Faces are the future.”

If their faces are not revealed, it ends when they are punished in court. Even if they get a reduced sentence later and just spend time roughly, as people say.

“But the story changes when their faces are revealed.”

Having their faces revealed means having their identities revealed. Looking at the situation in modern Korea, where the internet is developed, their future is shattered.

“The problem is that this is illegal.”

If their faces are revealed, their names and addresses are revealed in an instant, and of course, it becomes known who their families and people around them are.

“The biggest reason why faces are not revealed in modern law is surprisingly not because of the human rights of criminals.”

“What? Wasn’t it because of the human rights of criminals that they weren’t revealed?”

“That’s the judgment of the general public. From a criminological point of view, it is a means to prevent privately conducted guilt-by-association in society.”

“Guilt-by-association….”

What if your father is a criminal? Of course, the people related to him are identified, and naturally, his family is also ostracized by those around him.