Police Investigate 'Pilates Goddess' Yang Jung-won on Fraud Charges

Yang Jung-won Side: "Only a Promotional Model, Not an Insider"

Actress Yang Jeong-won (35), a former Pilates instructor, has been accused of fraud and violating the Franchise Business Act.

Actor Yang Jeong-won. Photo by Wells Entertainment

On the 1st, the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul announced that they are investigating Yang and officials from the Pilates academy headquarters following multiple complaints filed by victims alleging fraud and violations of the Franchise Business Act.

According to the police, the victims claim that Yang is a franchise owner of the Pilates academy where she served as the education director and promotional model. They allege that the headquarters failed to fulfill contractual promises such as directly hiring instructors to dispatch to franchise locations and sharing operational know-how.

Yang's side reportedly maintains that she was a promotional model, not an official representative of the headquarters.

Meanwhile, Yang debuted in 2008 with the drama "Makdwaemeok-eun Yeong-ae-ssi 3" and currently works as a Pilates specialist instructor as well as an adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Integrative Medicine at CHA University. In June, she was appointed as the ambassador for the 1st K-Pilates Contest.