Cho Ju-bin (; born 14 October 1995) is a South Korean criminal who was convicted of

blackmail Blackmail is a criminal act of coercion using a threat. As a criminal offense, blackmail is defined in various ways in common law jurisdictions. In the United States, blackmail is generally defined as a crime of information, involving a thr ...

and

sexual harassment Sexual harassment is a type of harassment based on the sex or gender of a victim. It can involve offensive sexist or sexual behavior, verbal or physical actions, up to bribery, coercion, and assault. Harassment may be explicit or implicit, wit ...

as part of the "Nth Room" case. With username "BAKSA".

Biography

Born in 1995, Cho studied Information and Communications at Inha Technical College.

Implication in Nth room case

In early 2020, the

Nth room case The "Nth Room" case () is a criminal case involving blackmail, cybersex trafficking, and the spread of sexually exploitative videos via the Telegram app between 2018 and 2020 in South Korea. A man nicknamed god god (later identified as Moon Hyung- ...

garnered national attention in

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. On March 23, the

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revealed the personal information of the suspect, Cho, after conducting its own investigation. The next day, police also confirmed his identity. Cho was widely accused of sexual harassment, with some of the victims being minors, including secondary school students. It was also reported that he threatened

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, a former news anchor. In an interview on March 25, Cho seemingly thanked

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for their investigation by saying "Thank you for putting the brakes on the life of a devil that could not be stopped."

Sentence

On November 26, 2020, Cho was found guilty of his crimes and sentenced to forty years in prison, with an additional five years were added in February 2021 for 'concealing criminal proceeds'. He reportedly said he wanted to apologize to his victims, whilst the courts claimed that based on his statements, such as those in his blog, that Cho was not truly remorseful for his crimes. Whilst appealing the court's decision Cho created a blog on

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which contained six articles, including denunciation of the South Korean judicial system and his reasons for appeal. The blog was subsequently shut down by Naver, who responded publicly, saying, "After receiving a number of reports about Cho's blog, we have decided to shut down the site due to its violations of our operating policy." Cho is being held at Seoul Detention Center in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cho, Ju-bin 1995 births Living people South Korean criminals People from Incheon