Broadcaster Ahn Sun-young said she was defrauded of several hundred million won and revealed that she faced the perpetrator at the first trial yesterday (1st).
On the 2nd, Ahn Sun-young posted a long message on her personal Instagram saying, "Was this an April Fools' Day event?"
That day Ahn Sun-young said, "I explained to my child why I cannot go to Canada in March to see Baro, and that on April 1, during the four years of working with me, for three years and seven months the person deceived my coworkers who ate with me every day and stole a lot of money, leaving my mother so deeply hurt that she could no longer work."
She continued, "So even kind and good people could no longer work at Baros and were scattered apart; the bad person did not apologize for more than a year, made no effort to heal those harmed, and instead paid money to a bad person who supported them so they would receive a lighter prison sentence, and bought and called my mother as a witness. So my mother had to be there, so could you understand if I couldn't go cheer for Baro at the hockey final? I'm so sorry," she recalled in conversation with her son.
Ahn Sun-young relayed her son's reply, saying, "Baro told me, 'Mom, you must go, straighten your shoulders, and plainly tell that bad person and the bad people who sided with them everything you want to say so their mouths drop open!! Be brave!! Don't cry!!'"
She said she faced the perpetrator for the first time at the first trial on the 1st. Ahn Sun-young said, "The perpetrator, whom I only confronted at the first trial after a year and three months, avoided eye contact, offered no apology and consistently dealt only through a lawyer. Thanks to information people shared here and there, I painfully learned that in the meantime the person went on a trip to Japan with their spouse, secretly posted Instagram notices claiming to sell Japanese goods on consignment, and many of the nominee accounts used to siphon company funds were names following my Instagram, and I learned all of those painful things."
She added, "While digging through and uncovering the company's losses, I could not run the company properly for a year and spent every day crying and sleepless, feeling like a fool who wasted her life trusting people too much. Seeing that the embezzled amount I 'found' not through the police was nearly 400 million won… I spent a hard time blaming myself and trying to rebuild my collapsed self-esteem, thinking I was too stupid and foolish to have the qualifications to be a company manager."
Ahn Sun-young said, "When I saw the faces that used to laugh and share lunch with the company family every day, memories of those settled grudges rose up and tears welled, but I repeated Baro's words to myself and held back the tears. Looking squarely down at me and asking pointed questions, the woman lawyer who looked much younger than me — the person who should be sitting here answering those questions was not me, who was called alone from Canada and kept awake by unfamiliar words like court summons and registry, leaving my beloved young child in a strange land, but the 'perpetrator' who deceived everyone, squandered the money taken, and after more than a year made no proper apology or effort to repay even a small amount, and as soon as they were criminally charged spent money on a lawyer — isn't that who should be here?" she said boldly.
Ahn Sun-young also said she told the details of the trial to her son, saying, "Baro, I spoke clearly without crying and came out well," and Baro said, "As I thought, my mom is…" She added, "On the April Fools' night of 2026, the cherry blossoms in full bloom I saw on the way home cheered me on… okay, that's enough. I decided to be happy again."
Meanwhile, last August Ahn Sun-young confessed the embezzlement, saying, "An employee I treated like family embezzled company funds for three years and seven months. The amount was so large it was hard for our small company to bear, and the person is now indicted and under investigation by prosecutors. The betrayal and wounds were so great that it was hard to go to the company or see other employees' faces. I felt like I scored zero as a manager," she revealed.
Below is the full text of Ahn Sun-young's post
#Apr012026 #WasthisanAprilFoolsEvent
I explained to my child why I cannot go to Canada in March to see Baro,
On April 1, during the four years of working with me, for three years and seven months the person deceived my coworkers who ate with me every day and stole a lot of money, leaving my mother so deeply hurt that she could no longer work, and so even kind and good people could no longer work at Baros and were scattered apart; the bad person did not apologize for more than a year, made no effort to heal those harmed, and instead paid money to a bad person who supported them so they would receive a lighter prison sentence, and bought and called my mother as a witness.
So my mother had to be there, so could you understand if I couldn't go cheer for Baro at the hockey final? I'm so sorry.
I explained.
Baro said, "Mom, you must go, straighten your shoulders, and plainly tell that bad person and the bad people who sided with them everything you want to say so their mouths drop open,
Be brave!! Don't cry!!" he told me.
The perpetrator, whom I only confronted at the first trial after a year and three months, avoided eye contact, offered no apology and consistently dealt only through a lawyer, and thanks to information people shared around, in the meantime the person went on a trip to Japan with their spouse, secretly posted Instagram notices claiming to sell Japanese goods on consignment, and many of the nominee accounts used to siphon company funds were names following my Instagram, and I painfully learned all of those things,
While digging through and uncovering the company's losses, I could not run the company properly for a year and spent every day crying and sleepless, feeling like a fool who wasted her life trusting people too much.
Seeing that the embezzled amount I "found," not the police, was nearly 400 million won..
I thought I was so stupid and foolish that I lacked the qualifications to run a company, and I spent a difficult time blaming myself and trying to restore my collapsed self-esteem..
When I saw the faces that used to laugh and share lunch with the company family every day, memories of those settled grudges rose up and tears welled instantly.
I kept repeating Baro's words, held back the tears, and to the woman lawyer who looked much younger than me and stared down at me while asking pointed questions, I said that the person who should be sitting here being grilled with questions is not me — who was called alone from Canada and kept awake by unfamiliar words like court summons and registry, leaving my beloved young child in a strange land —
but the "perpetrator" who deceived everyone, squandered the money taken, and for more than a year made no proper apology or effort to repay even a small amount, and as soon as criminally charged spent money on a lawyer, isn't that who should be here?
I said boldly and came out.
Baro, I spoke clearly without crying and came out well.
When I said that, Baro said, "As I thought, my mom is."
On the April Fools' night of 2026, the cherry blossoms in full bloom I saw on the way home cheered me on.. okay, that's enough.
I decided to be happy again.
#ThisWillAlsoPass
#LivingMakesYouLive
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