[(Title)] Police: 27 arrested for South Korean online gambling operation.

Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A random encounter at a South Korean bank teller machine has spurred the arrest of 27 suspects in an illegal online gambling site, authorities said.

韩国方面表示，因为和银行取款机的一次偶然“邂逅”，涉嫌在非法在线赌博网站赌博的27名嫌疑人被捕。

Seoul's Bangbae district police told reporters Wednesday a 45-year-old suspect with the surname Park was among those arrested, local television network SBS reported.

据当地电视台SBS报道，首尔方背区警方周三对记者表示，朴姓的45岁嫌疑人也是被捕者之一。

Park began to operate the site "Gangnam Baduki" using an overseas server in Tokyo, South Korean authorities said.

韩国当局称，朴通过东京的海外服务器运营网站“江南Baduki”。

The server was active from May to August and earned $53 million in revenue from about 2,000 users who accessed the site to play cards on high-stake bets.

该服务器在5月至8月运行良好，从约2,000名使用该网站进行赌博的用户那里谋取了5,300万美元的收入。

South Korea has strict online gambling laws, and online casinos are outlawed.

韩国有严格的在线赌博法，网络赌场是非法的。

Park collected fees through more than 100 fake bank accounts that were created with stolen identities, officials said, and made money by charging a 10 percent "exchange fee."

官员表示，朴通过100多个假的银行账户收取费用，这些账户都是通过盗用的身份创建的。朴通过收取10%的“转换费”来赚钱。

Police said the fees alone drew in $11.2 million and other revenue was collected through a 1 percent fee charged on each bet on the site, according to local newspaper Hankyoreh.

据当地报纸报道，警方表示，单单凭借这笔“转换费”，朴就赚了1,120万美元。此外，他还通过对网站上的每次下注收取1%的费用谋取利益。

The suspects used Chinese messenger service WeChat to bypass local authorities, police said.

Authorities apprehended Park's partner, surnamed Moon, on Aug. 22 in Seoul's Seocho district when they noticed suspicious activity at a bank ATM while on their way to lunch, an official spokesman said.

一名官方发言人说，8月22日，当局在首尔瑞草区逮捕了朴的同伙文某。当时，他们正在去吃午饭的路上，忽然注意到了银行自动取款机处有可疑的活动。

Investigators said Moon repeatedly withdrew cash from the machine, possibly from different bank accounts.

调查人员说，文反复从机器里拿出现金，怀疑可能是在从不同的银行账户中提取现金。

The suspects would withdraw their earnings once an account reached about $10,000, police said.

警方表示，一旦账户中的存款达到1万美元左右，嫌疑人就会将钱提出。