[DN] Police conduct a search and seizure of Park Minyoung's agency, her ex exposed as convicted felon and "scammer" with "fake" supercars and jewelry + caught visiting "madams" and "hostesses" at room salons

source: Daily Naver - Police conduct a search and seizure of Park Min Young's agency

Article: Police conduct a search and seizure of Park Min-young's agency Hook Entertainment... Why?

Source: Maeil Economy

Police have conducted a search and seizure of Park Min-young's agency.

On the 10th, the National Police Agency's Crime Investigation Unit raided Hook Entertainment's office building in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. The search and seizure which began at 12 pm lasted for five hours. It's unusual for police to raid entertainment agencies.

The specific reason why police raided Hook Entertainment is unknown. However, attention is being paid to the background of the search and seizure of three listed companies related to actress Park Min-young's ex-boyfriend Kang Jong-hyun from Hook Entertainment.

Along with rumors of a romantic relationship with Park Min-young, suspicions arose that Kang Jong-hyun was the hidden owner of Bithumb, Korea's second largest cryptocurrency exchange following revelations by MBC's 'PD Note' that aired on the 8th.

The next day, Bithumb drew a line on the rumors stating, "allegations related to Kang have nothing to do with Bithumb Korea. He has never served as an employee or been involved in management."

With regard to the rumors, YouTuber Lee Jin-ho revealed on the 10th, "In one word, it's troubling. The fact that the Crime Investigation Unit of the National Police Agency even personally conducted the seizure is serious in itself. They don't ever take on controversial issues in the first place. Since they're being careful in launching the investigation in the first place, we can reasonably believe they have secured evidence or explanatory data over the allegations being raised."

Lee Jin-ho also mentioned connections with Green Snake Media's chairman. He revealed, "Kang Jong-hyun and Chairman Won are very close. Hook is also a subsidiary of Green Snake Media. When Park Min-young became a free agent, he moved to Hook." Hook has denied the connections.

Meanwhile, Hook has gone quiet and is not responding to contact from reporters.

Founded in 2002, Hook Entertainment is home to actors Yoon Yeo-jung, Lee Seo-jin, Lee Seung-gi, Park Min-young, and singer Lee Sun-hee.

1. [+784, -13] The court issued a search warrant because there is evidence of their criminal activities.
2. [+348, -6] Wow.. her image keeps falling past rock bottom.. this is why you shouldn't just date anyone because they have money..
3. [+170, -6] So Secretary Kim was hanging out with yangachi's [thugs]?
4. [+159, -8] This scandal has seriously ruined Park Min-young's good image. Being in a relationship can of course be something to be celebrated but if the other person is...
5. [+150, -5] Why is Secretary Kim like this?
6. [+89, -8] Park Min-young is jjang! Her acting is seriously top notch to have received leading roles for this long.. she really pulled the wool over our eyes. Totally conned and defrauded viewers. She needs to f*ck off the entertainment industry forever! I never knew she was such a dirty vulgar actor.
7. [+59, -39] Well, seeing as Lee Seung-gi was also outed for dating a scammer's daughter, we can only imagine his level ㅋㅋ
8. [+44, -2] There are rumors Park Min-young's ex-boyfriend Kang Jong-hyun was also involved with an international mafia group in the Seongnam area. SBS 'I Want to Know' did a broadcast and raised suspicions that he was involved in illegal sports betting crimes and murder..

source: Park Min-young's ex-boyfriend exposed as a "convicted felon" and "scammer" with "fake" supercars and jewelry + caught visiting "madams" and "hostesses" at room salons

Article: The real face of Park Min-young's wealthy ex-boyfriend... “10 billion won in debt, but spends 100 million won on drinks in one night

Source: Joongang Ilbo

Park Min-young's wealthy ex-boyfriend Kang Jong-hyun's real face has been exposed.

On the 8th, MBC's 'PD Note' aired suspicions about the second largest cryptocurrency exchange in Korea (Bithumb)'s governance structure as well as Kang Jong-hyun and his sister Kang Ji-yeon, the largest shareholder of Bident and allegations that Bithumb received "bribes" when listing coins.

'PD Note' revealed, "Kang Jong-hyun is referred to as "hidden Bithumb Chairman" and spends 100 to 300 million won per night drinking at famous clubs in Gangnam from 2017-2020. He also visited clubs and 'Ten Pro' room salons where he was attended by 10 female hostesses and a madam. It was common for him to order expensive champagne and spend 100 million won on drinks alone."

Later, when Kang Jong-hyun's dating rumors with actress Park Min-young were reported by Dispatch and caught attention, Kang Jong-hyun explained that "he only made money through the mobile phone business and lived in his friend's house, and the supercars in the parking lot belonged to others."

He further revealed that the "500 million won luxury watch" he was wearing while dating Park Min-young was "just a fake." He even claimed "he did not own the supercars worth hundreds of millions of won" and "one of them belonged to Sung Yu-ri's husband, former golf player Ahn Sung-hyun."

Kang Jong-hyun was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison suspended for 3 years probation for exaggerating his mobile phone sales and using this as collateral to take out a 3.5 billion won loan. The 2 billion won loan has not been repaid and using the company name, he borrowed a total of 10 billion won on three occasions but didn't repay the loan because he does not have property in his name. As a result, suspicions that he's "hiding the loans" are emerging.

Two years after he was convicted of loan fraud, his younger sister Kang Ji-yeon invested 23 billion won to acquire Bit Galaxia's No. 1 Investment Association. Kang Jong-hyun took over control and management and became major shareholder of Bucket Studio, Inbiogen, and Bident.

Nam Cheong-woo, secretary general of a minority shareholder movement pointed out, "It's impossible in the capital market to acquire 3 companies at once with 23 billion won. We have no choice but to suspect that there's a "money line" (backer) behind him."

Regarding claims that Kang Jong-hyun is the 'hidden Bithumb chairman,' the PR Director of Bithumb Korea stated, "This person (Kang Jong-hyun) has never held a position or been given title of chairman. He has no relation to us. The current major shareholder of Bithumb is Lee Jeong-hoon, founder and former chairman of Bithumb Holdings who has a 65% stake."

With regard to claims that Bithumb received "bribes" to list company Q on their exchange, the PR Director stated, "Bithumb can decide on its own whether to list or abolish a cryptocurrency. We never received money to list them in our exchange."

Meanwhile, the CEO of company Q disclosed related documents and revealed that "they paid 1 billion won for the listing and 2 billion won for marketing for a total of 3 billion won to be listed on Bithumb."

1. [+1,850, -21] So Park Min-young was getting sponsored by a wealthy chaebol like Son Dambi??
2. [+795, -14] Daebak... this definitely puts Park Min Young in a new light now.. not a good one
3. [+482, -4] "He also claimed the supercars worth hundreds of millions of won weren't his and one belonged to Sung Yu-ri's husband, former golfer Ahn Sung-hyun.." So they're close?? ㅎㅎㅎ
4. [+419, -29] Didn't Park Min-young go around saying she became a celebrity after working hard in the industry??
5. [+169, -1] Looks like celebrities will date anyone including scammers as long as they've got enough money ㅋ. Sung Yu-ri's husband needs to be investigated too.. there's something fishy there ㅋ
6. [+114, -1] Eh? How do you even spend 100-300 million on drinks in one night.? How was this criminal able to date a celebrity of her caliber all the while visiting madams and hostesses at 'Ten Pro's.. how is this normal in our country? Instead of inciting the public with fake news, politicians should pass laws to punish these criminals.. ah it's seriously hard to live in Korea.
7. [+103, -1] Well, at least we know what kind of person Park Min-young really is now..
8. [+62, -1] Park Min-young's good image is seriously rock bottom now..
9. [+32, -1] No.. why would someone that used to date Lee Min-ho end up with a pot-bellied ahjussi like him if not for his money? And for it to come out that he's a convicted felon and scammer of this level.. aigooㄷ ㄷ ㄷ she must be quite embarassedㅂㅁㅇ

Quote from SandyBee3

She dated the wrong dude and now they are using her name to report his controversies as if she is somehow involved in this whole thing…..

Seems there's more to it, otherwise why would there be a search and seizure at her company?

Quote from SandyBee3

I know, but she isn’t the owner of that company. Why isn’t the Headline “Police conduct a search and seizure at Hook Entertainment” why do they call it her Agency? They using her name to get clicks. Nothing in this article had to do with her apart from the fact that this dude is her ex. Now the comments are all about her even though the whole investigation has nothing to do with her.

It's true that he has to be at the forefront but she's a public figure that was well-known and beloved up until this point so I know why the media is milking it