My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 84

But if incompetent police or bribed prosecutors simply cover it up, the criminal will only be punished for fraud, not for the other crimes.

In that case, he would naturally remain categorized as a fraudster in profiling terms, clearing him from suspicion in other, more violent cases.

“How did you know that?”

The team leader looked at Park Do-joon with a suspicious expression. Such a judgment could only come from a truly seasoned profiler.

The basis of this judgment is the assumption that the organization one belongs to is quite corrupt.

However, most profilers don’t make such judgments.

Naturally, they judge based on the criteria learned in school that ‘fraudsters do not commit crimes involving violence,’ and as a result, they go down the wrong path in the case.

“I don’t trust the police.”

“That’s absurd. A guy who doesn’t trust the police is a cop himself.”

The team leader said that, but chuckled. From long experience, he himself didn’t trust the police.

“And considering that tendency, it won’t be a simple monetary fraud. He is very skilled in domination and speaks well. Yet, he won’t have any aversion to violence. It’s highly likely that previous crimes he committed have been concealed. And there is a type of criminal like this.”

“A religious person, you mean?”

“Calling them religious is absurd. They’re just fraudsters imitating religion. Usually, they’re cults.”

“True.”

This type of criminal is precisely the cult leader.

They fundamentally operate based on fraud. The doctrines of cults are basically structured to extort money from believers, i.e., victims.

The malicious thing is that this fraud aims to enslave the other party, exploiting not only their money but also their labor and even their sexual autonomy.

“And these cult leaders commonly regard the lives of others as worthless.”

They unhesitatingly kill people and bury their bodies if they try to leave their cult, oppose their words, or even show signs of suspicion.

In most cult-related cases in Korea, murder is often involved.

“And most of them are glossed over.”

Even if the police recognize the case, they often fail to recognize the murder.

Moreover, even if the police somehow recognize the case, it is mostly the lower ranks who have been brainwashed that take the blame.

In many actual cases, it is common for the cult leader who committed the crime to go unpunished, with only those below them being punished.

“Besides, you can’t overturn the case later.”

“True, that’s right.”

Even if the guy who took the blame for murder changes his mind later and tells the truth, the prosecution thoroughly ignores him.

Because if the prosecution failed to catch someone else taking the blame for murder and mass burial, it would be tantamount to admitting their own incompetence.

Consequently, such religious fraudsters typically embezzle money and serve time for simple fraud.

“Moreover, the punishment for fraud is weak in Korea.”

“That’s true. They’ll get about 3 years at best. Hmm, considering his excellent eloquence, ability to dominate others, and control, he can be said to be a perfect match in profiling terms.”

Are there other crimes? Unfortunately, it’s not easy to apply them. First of all, violent crimes such as murder and assault are all covered up by subordinates, and only some are victims of the fraud itself.

If all the believers of the religion are considered victims, the amount of damage would be enormous, but unfortunately, the victims who have already been brainwashed claim at that point that they are not victims. In the end, the amount of damage is calculated by estimating only the victims who have escaped from brainwashing.

“Moreover, politics and religion are separated in Korea.”

The realm of religious freedom is enormously broad in Korea. For example, talking about common assets, common labor, and common distribution generally falls under the communist theory that Koreans hate the most, but if it falls within the realm of religion, even the court recognizes it.

Moreover, even if it is fraud, the court is quite reluctant to punish it simply because the person is the head of a religious organization.

It’s not that they respect the other party because they are religious, but because there is a high possibility that they will become the target of attacks by believers with extreme tendencies if they impose severe punishment.

“It’s probably a cult leader case, and he wouldn’t have spent a long time in prison. However, the religious group will either be dissolved or already be taken over by someone else. So, he won’t be able to go back to his original cult.”

If the leader of a cult is caught and imprisoned, will the cult be dissolved? No. It never dissolves.

Instead, someone else takes it over. Of course, that guy is not normal either.

They don’t want the existing leader to come back and take their place.

“Birds of a feather flock together.”

If the existing leader tries to return and take over the cult, the new leader who has been dominating in his place will not hesitate to use those who have been brainwashed to commit murder.

“Look into that direction. Then I’ll have to play along with those guys’ tune.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Park Do-joon nodded.

Finding the suspected criminal was not difficult. That’s because there are quite a few cases caused by athletes, but there are not many cases involving multiple people.

Moreover, due to the characteristic of cauliflower ears [deformed ears common among wrestlers and fighters], the sports are limited, and the fact that one or more of them went to prison meant that the incident caused considerable damage beyond simple assault.

“This must be the case.”

Park Do-joon spent a long time searching through files and was able to find a suspicious case.

A group assault that occurred about 5 years ago. A case where five physical education students assaulted a couple.

The case itself was simple. The physical education students were twisted with envy when they saw a couple and two female friends of the woman drinking together. They were drinking with only men, while the other party was drinking with three women.

The truth was that the woman was introducing her boyfriend to her friends, but that didn’t matter to them, who were already drunk and twisted with envy, and they picked a fight like gangsters in the 80s.

In the process, the man naturally blocked them to protect the women. He didn’t block them roughly, but blocked the women in front and told them to leave the store first, then tried to follow them out.

However, the five men, already drunk and out of their minds, thought that the women who were trying to leave were ignoring them, so they assaulted them, and in the process, even damaged the store’s fixtures.

And one of them subdued the man, indiscriminately assaulting him and causing serious injuries requiring 24 weeks of treatment.

His ribs were broken, his neck bone was fractured, and his arms and legs were also broken.

And they also broke both arms of the part-time worker at the bar who was trying to stop them.

Their rampage was subdued only after the police arrived and used stun guns. The guys who broke the fixtures and committed minor assaults were given suspended sentences, but the guy who inflicted serious injuries on the victim was sentenced to 2 years and 9 months in prison.

“Did you already know about this case?”

“I didn’t know about it, but if you look at their behavior patterns, it’s natural to look for similar precedents or similar guys.”

“Wow. It’s my first time working with a profiler, and it’s surprisingly amazing.”

Kim Seong-gyun said, checking the records with a look of wonder.

“It seems that he was expelled from school and dismissed from the sports association afterwards.”

In fact, his life as an athlete is over. Moreover, considering the characteristics of the physical education department, it doesn’t feel like he studied well.

The physical education department is a place to train physically outstanding athletes, so he wouldn’t be someone who uses his head.

“All that’s left is the next step. Let’s go to the prison.”

We need to find out who they met. And it’s not difficult to find out.

Prisons have the records of all inmates. The records include who they were in the same cell with.

#Holy Ground

“Oh, so… you’re talking about Do Sik-han?”

“Yes. I want to know who was in the same room with him regarding the case.”

“Well, there’s more than one or two people, so what exactly do you want to know?”

The guard said, approaching the computer and calling up the inmate list. It wasn’t strange because there were often police officers who asked about this in connection with cases.

“Is there a fraudster in that room?”

“A fraudster?”

“Yes. Probably a religious fraud. A cult.”

“A cult… Ah, that cult leader bastard?”

At the word cult, the guard said as if he remembered it right away.

“Do you know him?”

“I remember him. There was a guy named Heo Kang-soo who came in for creating a cult and committing fraud. Come to think of it, the two bastards were close. No, in fact, he was like the head of the room.”

“He was like the head of the room?”

“Well, not exactly the head of the room, but…”

According to him, he didn’t know what he did, but the guys who were with him were crawling all over him.

‘Well. It wouldn’t be difficult to brainwash them since they’re in the same room all day long.’

Of course, if there are really extreme violent offenders or murderers in that room, they can’t say anything, but the possibility is not high because such extreme violent offenders are separated into separate rooms.

So, there will only be mediocre guys, and considering that the intelligence of criminals is generally low, brainwashing itself would not have been difficult.

‘This is like mind control.’

In fact, cases of brainwashing and exploiting someone inside prisons are common worldwide, so methods need to be established for this problem, but the reality is that it cannot be done due to limited budget.

“Anyway, they were released around the same time.”

Do Sik-han was released first, and Heo Kang-soo was released later. Heo Kang-soo was released about two months later.

“Oh…? Come to think of it, just a moment.”

He made a phone call somewhere. Then he turned it to speakerphone as if to have them listen.

-Yes, Chief.

“Hey, you were on duty at the gate when Heo Kang-soo was released, right?”

-Yes. I was.

“Didn’t you say there was something at that time? My memory is hazy…”

-Ah, at that time? Didn’t I report that people flocked to Heo Kang-soo when he was released?

“Then why don’t I remember it properly?”

-Didn’t the Chief say at that time to ignore it because it’s not the first or second time people flock to the release?

“Did I? Then why did you report it?”