"Crude Oil from Ulsan Reserve Base Sent to North Korea" YouTuber Referred to Prosecutors for Spreading False Claims

[Financial News] The operator of a YouTube account that spread false claims that crude oil from the Ulsan oil reserve base had been sent to North Korea has been referred to prosecutors.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Cyber Investigation Unit said on the 28th that it had referred A without detention on charges of violating the Framework Act on Telecommunications.
A is accused of posting fabricated information on his YouTube channel, claiming that about 900,000 barrels of crude oil from the Ulsan oil reserve base were taken overseas and then sent to North Korea.
Earlier, police launched an investigation into A and others, detained a total of four suspects, and referred two of them without detention on the 8th of last month.
An official from the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency emphasized, "We will conduct a strict investigation in accordance with the law and principles into the production and spread of malicious and clearly false manipulated information that causes social confusion."
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