Friendship with Jonghyun Kang, the real owner of Bitsum
Arrest decision today
[이코노미스트 이혜리 기자] Ahn Seong-hyeon (42), a former professional golfer and husband of group Finkle member Sung Yu-ri (42), was caught by the prosecution on charges of taking back money from a virtual currency company.
According to the legal community on the 7th, Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office 2nd Division of Financial Investigation (Chief Prosecutor Chae Hee-man) is accused of receiving billions of won from a coin issuer for listing on the virtual currency exchange Bithumb at the end of 2021 (fraud and breach of trust under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes). ) requested an arrest warrant for Ahn on the 5th.
Seoul Southern District Court Kim Ji-sook, chief judge in charge of warrants, interrogated the suspect (warrant review) before Ahn’s arrest this morning. Whether or not to arrest him is expected to be decided this afternoon.
Prosecutors believe that Ahn took advantage of his friendship with Kang Jong-hyeon (41, indicted under arrest), who is known as the real owner of Bitsum. Some of the cryptocurrencies in question are in the process of being listed on Bithumb.
Ahn Seong-hyun made his debut as a professional golfer in 2005 and worked as a coach for the national golf team from 2014 to 2018. He married her last name in 2017.
Mr. Kang is a person who has practically dominated Bitsum through his younger sister Kang Ji-yeon (39), who is the CEO of Inbiogen, a Bitsum related company, and Bucket Studio.
Kang was handed over to trial in February on charges of embezzlement of 62.8 billion won in funds from Bithumb affiliates from 2020 to September of last year and taking 35 billion won of unfair profits through stock price manipulation (in violation of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes and the Capital Markets Act). lost.
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