“I don’t think there are any people this week.”
The office of the issuer of P Coin, which is pointed out as the cause of the conflict in the kidnapping and murder of a woman in her 40s in a residential area in Gangnam, Seoul, was empty. On the 6th, when I visited the A Network office located in an officetel in Mapo-gu, Seoul, there was only the ringing of the phone, but no sign of presence. The door to the office was locked and the lights were off.
The office worker next door said, “Last week, the lights were on and there seemed to be people,” and rather asked, “What happened to these people?”
When explaining the P Coin related information, the employee explained, “Is that why the media keeps coming here?” and “There has been no one since this week.”
◇ Traces of the controversial ‘P Coin’ issuance office, left in a hurry
As it is known that the person suspected of being behind the murder and the victim are intertwined with the investment of P Coin, attention is focused on P Coin.
Another office worker on the same floor said, “It didn’t seem like there were many people in the first place,” and added, “There doesn’t seem to be anyone coming and going this week.”
As if he left the office in a hurry due to the impact of this incident, there were still desks and office supplies in the office that could be seen through the glass windows.
In particular, the ‘red light’ was on at the long line of outlets under the office supplies, showing that power was still being supplied. It is presumed that they come to the office when the office is recently away or when there are few people. Small letters were written in board markers on a whiteboard in one corner of the office that looked like a meeting space.
ⓒ News1◇ P Coin, ‘link’ between the victim and the suspect behind it
It turns out that the couple and the victim, who are suspected of being behind the Gangnam kidnapping and murder case, are intricately intertwined with the P Coin investment.
It is known that there was also a legal dispute due to investment losses. The possibility that resentment arose in this process cannot be ruled out.
In particular, it is known that the victim suspects that he suffered losses due to the price manipulation of Mr. and Mrs. Yoo in the process of investing in P Coin.
Accordingly, the victim, along with 16 coin investors, including the main culprit Lee Kyung-woo, were reported to have visited the Yoo couple who were staying at a hotel in March 2021 and extorted cryptocurrency worth about 190 million won.
In this case, Kyung-Woo Lee was sent to the prosecution on charges of co-extortion, and the victim who was in charge of promoting P Coin at the time was not sent.
According to Mr. Lee’s lawyer, etc., after the hotel incident at the time, Lee Kyung-woo resolved the misunderstanding about the price manipulation charges and became close to Mr. Yoo’s couple. However, in the process, it seems that the relationship between Lee Kyung-woo and the victim has changed.
In this situation, the P Coin Foundation drew a line through its statement on the morning of the 6th that the victim was a ‘simple investor’ who had nothing to do with the foundation. In addition, it was emphasized that both the victim and the suspect purchased the coin through an external marketing company, not the foundation, and that it has nothing to do with the P Coin Foundation.
Meanwhile, Coinone, a virtual currency exchange, designated P Coin as an issue to watch out for on the 5th.
(Seoul = News 1)