Prison Sentence for Mr. L in 2014 Pro Baseball Match-Fixing... 'Involved in Booking Fraud Case in Jeju'
Disappeared After Receiving Advance Payments of Tens of Millions from Travel Agency and Golf Course Bookers
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[Jeju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Chang-won] L, a former professional baseball player who was expelled in 2014 due to a professional baseball match-fixing scandal, is reportedly causing increasing damage by taking advance payments for golf course bookings from travel agencies and bookers through a golf community in Jeju Island and then disappearing.
L, who was a former professional baseball player, joined professional baseball in 2013 and was involved in the 2014 match-fixing scandal. In 2017, the Uijeongbu District Court sentenced him to 8 months in prison with a 2-year probation in the first trial.
In his early 30s, L played golf with a handicap of 2 and frequently booked premium golf courses in Jeju, often recruiting companions, becoming a well-known figure in the Jeju golf community.
In the A golf community where the damage occurred, it is said that “L gained favor with people by driving luxury cars and owning memberships at several golf courses.”
Having been active in golf based in Jeju for several years, recently he demanded advance payments under the pretext of transferring dozens of golf course reservations, claiming “customers who were supposed to come from the mainland could not come.”
According to a representative of the A golf community, “The amount of damage from dozens of individuals who made transactions with L and the golf reservation fees mediated by a travel agency to L exceeds tens of millions of Korean won, and victims continue to appear.”
Meanwhile, L reportedly promised to repay the damages next Monday but has since disconnected the phone number he used and disappeared.
Jeju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Chang-won captain@asiae.co.kr
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