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Jeon Cheong-jo, who was arrested on suspicion of fraud and attempted fraud, is taken to the Songpa police station in Seoul on the afternoon of Oct. 31.
The court will decide on the detention of Jeon Cheong-jo (27), whose fraud suspicions spread after she became known as the remarriage partner of former fencing national champion Nam Hyun-hee (42), as early as the third day.
At 2:30 p.m. today, Shin Hyun-il, deputy chief judge of the Seoul Eastern District Court, will hold a pretrial interrogation (warrant examination) of Jeon, who is suspected of fraud under the Specified Economic Crimes Aggravated Punishment Act, and hear the need for detention.
The decision on whether to detain him is expected to be made as early as tonight.
According to police, Mr. Jeon is suspected of defrauding people he met through speaking engagements by handing them money in the name of investment or inducing them to take out loans for the purpose.
Police, who launched the investigation after receiving a complaint against Jeon, arrested him at a relative's home in Gimpo, Gyeonggi-do, on March 31 and applied for an arrest warrant for him the day before.
Police have identified 15 victims of the scam so far, with a total loss of more than 1.9 billion won.
Hyunhee Nam
Nam revealed in an interview with the monthly magazine Women's Chosun on March 23 that she is getting married to her "boyfriend," Jeon. Mr. Jeon was introduced as a third-generation chaebol, an equestrian who retired due to injury, and a young businessman.
However, shortly after the interview was published, allegations of sexual misconduct, fraud, and impersonation of the third chaebol spread like wildfire.
Since then, police have received one complaint after another alleging that Ms. Jeon defrauded investors of tens of millions of won to hundreds of millions of won in the name of investment.
There have also been complaints to the police to investigate Mr. Nam's alleged complicity in Mr. Jeon's crimes, but Mr. Nam has strongly denied the allegations of complicity, saying he had nothing to do with the fraudulent activities. 카지노사이트