A 39-year-old man was arrested for selling fake ``X-ray'' glasses through several Web sites, police said Monday.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said it arrested the man, identified as Chung, on suspicions of selling fake made-in-China see-through glasses to 13 people and reaping nearly 6 million won ($4,700) in illegal gains. He was taken into custody, it said. He sold the glasses for 550,000 won apiece.
It also said he had 14 previous offenses on his criminal record.
Among the 15 Web sites promoting the glasses, six were under his control, police said.
Recently, spam mail and online ads touting X-ray glasses that see through clothes have drawn public attention. But police and scientists were skeptical of their efficacy.
The glasses are also being sold in China, according to Chinese media.
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wnw2009 (122.38.156.106)
06-23-2009 23:20
Hilarious one!!! let's see how many more we can report: 1- how about Subway Sandwiches advertising beefsteak and selling bulgogi? 2- how about the wrinkle-free pants on the shopping channel that wrinkle as if they were pulled out of a bottle? 3- and the chinese toys those guys sell in traffic jams???? and the crap, falling apart hotels like Ibis, Itaewon, Hamilton and Capital charging more than the nice, brand new fully equiped and all-included and all-functional Kangnam business motels?
eslangel (202.31.242.125)
06-23-2009 21:35
Oh, so selling something that isn't what's advertised will get your arrested?! I guess every supermarket/dept. store food court will be arrested next because their advertised meals look nothing like what's advertised. Caveat Emptor!
humblehard1 (58.72.107.194)
06-23-2009 19:23
@donnie.. Rofl, great response. Sarcasm is the term used when one cant understand what other/s is/are saying. Oops, one of commenter in KT keeps on saying "Shut-up" to me. I dont know what sense it makes.
donnieboy48 (59.9.84.7)
06-23-2009 18:23
Sorry dickie05, If I would have had my X-ray glasses on I would have recongnized it...
dickie05 (59.19.225.59)
06-23-2009 18:05
oh donnie... you seem like a a genuinely nice guy, but you need to brush up on recognizing sarcasm.
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