2024-04-19 06:05:00
Police secure group room conversation with Jeon Hyeon
Admission to failed recruitment… Passing responsibility to each other
Investigation into whether it was used to recruit investors
It was confirmed on the 18th that Winners, a virtual currency company suspected of operating a ‘scam coin’, promoted it in an employee group chat room by saying, ‘A famous movie star and a Major League Baseball (MLB) player have confirmed their investment.’ done. It is pointed out that the celebrities in question did not actually invest, but tried to attract investors by making it a fait accompli when the investment was not confirmed.
On the 1st, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s criminal task force confiscated former Winners CEO Choi’s mobile phone and current CEO Jeong’s PC, etc., and secured messenger conversation details. They are accused of collecting investment money in the virtual currency Winners Coin by using former members of the National Assembly and high-ranking police officers and then failing to return it.
According to the conversation details of Winners employees and investors obtained by Dong-A Ilbo on the 18th, former CEO Choi said on January 13th of this year, “Actor A has confirmed his investment in Winners as of today. A notice was posted saying, “It is confirmed, so you can use it for marketing.” Movie actor A is called a ‘top actor’ in the industry. Next, when former CEO Choi said, “Thank you for your hard work, Director B, who arranged the meeting (with Actor A) and worked hard,” former Director B mentioned the title of Actor A’s next work and said, “The timing worked out well again. “I hope this good image will be of great help to Winners’ marketing,” he responded.
Similar conversations continued on the 14th and 24th of the same month. When former CEO Choi expressed his gratitude to former director B, mentioning major league baseball players and national soccer players and saying, “We have confirmed the investment, so we can market,” former director B responded.
However, these celebrities mentioned by former CEO Choi explained that they had ‘never invested in Winners.’ Mr. A’s agency stated, “Mr. A received an investment recommendation from Winners, but he had no intention of investing and did not actually invest.”
Current and former Winners officials admitted that they had promoted the celebrities without inviting them, but they each postponed responsibility. Former CEO Choi said, “I understand that actor A’s (investment) was canceled after being recruited by former director B.” Regarding the announcement of ‘investment confirmation,’ he claimed, “I heard that it was confirmed from former director B.” On the other hand, former director B said, “I didn’t do the recruiting, but I just said that (confirmed) in the chat room,” and added, “I only acted as a speaker among the high-ranking officials, and I didn’t check (whether or not there was an actual investment).” .
The police are expected to investigate whether Winners officials actually used Mr. A and major league baseball players to recruit investors. CEO Jeong claimed, “At least on the official channels, Mr. A has never advertised that he is investing.”
Reporter Choi Won-young [email protected]
Reporter Son Jun-young [email protected]
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