{"id":16533,"date":"2024-08-29T18:13:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T15:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/cryptocurrency-fraudster-undergoes-plastic-surgery-to-evade-arrest-in-south-korea\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T18:13:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T15:13:55","slug":"cryptocurrency-fraudster-undergoes-plastic-surgery-to-evade-arrest-in-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/cryptocurrency-fraudster-undergoes-plastic-surgery-to-evade-arrest-in-south-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Cryptocurrency Fraudster Undergoes Plastic Surgery to Evade Arrest in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Korean police have apprehended the leader of a fraudulent scheme who embezzled 16 billion won ($12 million) from clients under the guise of cryptocurrency investments, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koreaherald.com\/view.php?ud=20240829050658\">local media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators report that the 40-year-old suspect promoted a company purportedly involved in cryptocurrency mining from November 2021 to June 2022. He promised clients a monthly return of 18% on their investments. Consequently, 158 victims lost between 1.2 million and 250 million won ($900-18,700).<\/p>\n<p>In September 2023, the individual failed to appear at a preliminary hearing. To evade arrest, he underwent plastic surgery costing 21 million won (over $15,000) and went on the run.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Authorities located him in the city of Guri, Gyeonggi Province, using surveillance cameras, phone records, and internet search history.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, ForkLog reported that Lee Hyun-soo, CEO of the South Korean cryptocurrency investment platform Haru Invest, accused of embezzling approximately $826 million from clients, was attacked in a courtroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korean police have apprehended the leader of a fraudulent scheme who embezzled 16 billion won ($12 million) from clients under the guise of cryptocurrency investments, according to local media. Investigators report that the 40-year-old suspect promoted a company purportedly involved in cryptocurrency mining from November 2021 to June 2022. He promised clients a monthly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1154,1246,974],"class_list":["post-16533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-crimes","tag-scammers","tag-south-korea"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"22","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}