Pretending to Be a Wealthy Person to Embezzle 460 Million Won...Prosecutors Quickly Indict Former K-League Player

A former K League professional soccer player who posed as a wealthy individual and swindled approximately 460 million won from victims has been indicted while in custody.

On the 2nd, the Violent Crime Division of the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Lee Young-hwa) announced that on the 25th of last month, they indicted a man in his 30s, Mr. A, on charges of fraud with immediate detention. Immediate detention means that the prosecution deems it necessary to detain the suspect, who was transferred from the police while not in custody, and indicts him under detention.

Mr. A is accused of defrauding four victims of 460 million won from December 2019 to July of last year. Mr. A met victims through social networking services (SNS) in Seoul and the Ilsan area of Gyeonggi Province, pretending to be a wealthy individual owning real estate worth tens of billions of won. He also deceived them by claiming to know active athletes and that he was making large sums of money. He swindled money from the victims under the pretexts of business expenses and loans.

A prosecution official stated, "We will do our utmost to maintain the prosecution so that the defendant receives punishment commensurate with the crime," and added, "We will continue to respond strictly to fraud crimes that threaten the livelihoods of ordinary people."