'Kim Ha-seong Threat Allegation' Former Baseball Player Im Hye-dong Sent to Prosecution Without Detention

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Embezzlement of 400 Million Won Under Settlement Money Pretext

Former baseball player Im Hye-dong (28), accused of extorting a large sum of money from Major Leaguer Kim Ha-sung (29) in a 'drinking party assault' incident, has been handed over to the prosecution without detention.

Im Hye-dong is appearing for questioning at the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul last December. 2023.12.20 [Photo by Yonhap News]

Seoul Gangnam Police Station announced on the 1st that Im was sent to the prosecution without detention on the 23rd of last month on charges of extortion and attempted extortion. Park, the agency team leader who is suspected of conspiring with Im in the crime, was also handed over to the prosecution on extortion charges.

Im is accused of extorting 400 million won in two installments under the pretext of a settlement after a physical altercation with Kim at a bar in Gangnam, Seoul, in February 2021. At that time, Im was working as a manager at the agency to which Kim belonged.

Initially, Gangnam Police Station investigated only Im on extortion charges, but after forensic analysis of mobile phones, they found evidence that Park conspired with Im in the crime and booked Park.

During the investigation, the police also detected circumstances indicating that Im received several hundred million won from baseball player Ryu Hyun-jin (37) using a similar method.

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