Police: "Yu Couple Agreed to Kidnapping and Murder to Work Things Out... 70 Million Won in This Case" (Update)

In This Case, Proposal to Kidnap and Murder the Yoo Couple

It has been confirmed that the Yoo couple, who were identified as the masterminds behind the kidnapping and murder in Gangnam, Seoul, agreed to the crime proposal made by Lee Gyeong-woo (36).

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On the 9th, the Suseo Police Station in Seoul stated in a press briefing, "After receiving the crime proposal from Lee, the Yoo couple agreed to kidnap and murder the victim and her husband, saying they would cooperate and help transfer coins and launder cash." They added, "In September 2022, they paid a total of 70 million KRW to Lee, including an initial payment of 20 million KRW as crime funds." It was confirmed that Lee paid approximately 13.2 million KRW to Hwang Dae-han (36) from this amount.

In March 2021, after Lee failed in his P-coin investment, he confined and assaulted the Yoo couple at a hotel in Gangnam-gu along with investors including victim A. In September 2021, Lee visited the Yoo couple to ask for forgiveness and built a trust relationship with them. He then proposed a joint plan to kidnap the victim, seize the coins, and launder cash by asking the Yoo couple for help.

Lee prepared crime tools such as anesthetic syringes, blue tape, and cable ties, while Hwang Dae-han purchased burner phones and involved accomplices Yeon Ji-ho (30) and accomplice B. On the night of the 29th of last month, at 11:46 PM, Hwang and Yeon kidnapped the victim and took four mobile phones and 500,000 KRW in cash.

They took the victim near Daecheong Dam in Daejeon to obtain the password to seize the coins. Lee met with Yoo and tried to check the victim’s accounts using the coin password received from Hwang but failed. After confirming there was no trace of coin possession, they reportedly killed A as initially planned and buried the body near Daecheong Dam.

Meanwhile, the police transferred Lee, Yeon, and Hwang to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on the 9th, charging them with robbery-murder and corpse abandonment for kidnapping the victim woman in front of an apartment in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, at 11:48 PM on the 29th of last month, murdering her near Daejeon, and abandoning the body. Currently, the police are continuing investigations by booking the Yoo couple on charges of instigating robbery-murder and Lee’s wife, C, on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act.

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