Former soccer player Lee Chun-soo has been sued on charges of fraud involving hundreds of millions of won, and the two sides are making conflicting claims.
According to No Cut News on the 4th, the Jeju Provincial Police Agency has booked Lee Chun-soo on suspicion of violating the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Economic Crimes (fraud). A complaint was filed last month at the Seogwipo Police Station in Jeju, and the case has now been transferred to the Jeju agency.
The person surnamed A who filed the complaint against Lee Chun-soo was a long-time acquaintance; they called each other like brothers, but their relationship soured over money. The person surnamed A recently completed the complainant interview.
According to the complaint written by the person surnamed A, Lee Chun-soo told A in 2018, "I don't have any significant income right now, so please lend me living expenses," and promised, "I will start a YouTube channel and run a soccer school within several years, so I will repay everything by the end of 2023 at the latest." Because Lee Chun-soo promised to repay, the person surnamed A sent money several times. Including the 3 million won sent on the day he was asked, A transferred 132 million won in nine installments for living expenses and other reasons through April 2021.
However, the person surnamed A claimed that Lee Chun-soo cut off contact around the fall of 2021. The person surnamed A said Lee Chun-soo had not repaid a single won by the end of 2023, and even after earning income from opening a YouTube channel and running a soccer school, he has not returned the lending to A.
The person surnamed A also claimed that Lee Chun-soo urged investment by saying, "If you invest 500 million won in a foreign exchange futures trading site, I will distribute monthly profits and return the principal," and that A wired 500 million won to B, an acquaintance of Lee Chun-soo, but only 160 million won of that was returned.
In this regard, Lee Chun-soo's side rebutted, "It is true that money was received from the other party, but A gave the money to him to use as he wished," and added, "There was no intent to deceive, so the claim of fraud is not true." Lee Chun-soo's side added, "He intends to return the money to the person surnamed A."
Furthermore, Lee Chun-soo's side denied the claim that he urged investment in a foreign exchange futures trading site as "completely unfounded," drawing a line by saying, "He did not introduce anyone or urge anyone to invest."
Meanwhile, Lee Chun-soo played for the national team in the 2002 World Cup and gained great popularity by achieving the "semifinal" feat. He married Shim Ha-eun in 2012 and has one son and two daughters. Lee Chun-soo currently operates the YouTube channel "Richunsoo."
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