Famous Jewelry Designer Loses Jewelry Worth 700 Billion Won to Gang That Proposed Partnership

Granddaughter Threatened with Death by Poisoned Needle

[Asia Economy Reporter Gong Byung-sun] A famous jewelry designer Mr. A has filed a complaint against a group that threatened to kill his granddaughter and extorted jewelry worth about 700 billion won.

On the 12th, the Jongno Police Station in Seoul announced that four people, including Mr. B, were booked on charges of special robbery. It is known that Mr. A submitted the complaint against Mr. B and three others on December 8 last year.

According to the police, Mr. A met Mr. B, who introduced himself as a trillion-won asset owner, in July last year. Mr. B reportedly proposed a partnership to Mr. A at the meeting, saying, "Let's do import and export business related to gold processing."

Afterwards, Mr. B demanded that Mr. A give him jewelry worth about 20 billion won in exchange for a business deposit of 10 billion won. He is also suspected of taking Mr. A to a bank located in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, in November last year, pretending to deposit 10 billion won as promised, but instead converting the money into a check and taking it.

Furthermore, Mr. B forcibly took Mr. A and extorted jewelry worth about 710 billion won, threatening, "I will kill your granddaughter with the poison needle used to kill Kim Jong-nam, the older brother of North Korea's Kim Jong-un." It is known that Mr. A explained that the jewelry was appraised by a private jewelry appraisal institute in the market.

The police stated, "We plan to confirm the exact appraisal value of the jewelry and the details of the crime after investigation," and added, "The suspects have not yet been questioned."

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