VVIP woman who spent 7 billion won at a department store was a fraudster who defrauded her of 15 billion won = South Korea

It has been revealed that a woman in Busan who was known as a ``major customer'' in the brand industry was a fraudster who defrauded her of 15 billion won (approximately 1.5 billion yen).
According to JTBC's ``Case Unit Chief'' on the 1st, the woman told her financially well-off acquaintances that she would ``guarantee high interest rates'' and made payments of about 15%.
He defrauded me of 0 billion won of investment money. The whistleblower, Mr. A, reportedly met this woman at a swimming school 15 years ago. Are you close enough to get together with acquaintances regularly for everything from meals to travel?
It is said that Mr. A said that the woman was ``so rich that no one in Haeundae, Busan knows her.'' One day, the woman told Mr. A that she had a connection with the chairman of a famous domestic financial investment company.
He suggested joining a private placement fund. The woman told Mr. A, ``My mother has joined a fund that only investors with large amounts of money can join, but only through my mother can the money be deposited.''
According to Mr. A, the terms of this product were not bad, as the former money and interest rate of 114% were guaranteed, and he could get a full refund if he spoke three months in advance. Mr. A invested 1 billion won (approximately 100 million yen) and realized
In some cases, interest was accrued for more than three years. What made Mr. A believe in the woman even more was the bag the woman was carrying.
The woman was sold at an online auction for 360 million won (approximately 39.66 million yen).
I was carrying a bag with me. It is also said that the woman, her husband, and her son had the rank of top customers at the department store. The woman also recommended other investments. When house prices skyrocketed in 2020
The woman advised him to sell his house and invest, and Mr. A even canceled his savings account and invested a total of 5.7 billion won (approximately 620 million yen). However, after housing prices fell last year, people started thinking, ``I have to buy a house.''
The woman panicked and said she would return the money after the mid-autumn celebration (Chuseok), and then disappeared.
In reality, the woman's mother was an ordinary self-employed person who worked at a financial institution who recommended investments to her acquaintances.
He also did not have a company account. Mr. A said, ``When I asked the prosecutor, the money he spent at the department store alone was nearly 7 billion won (approximately 700 million yen), and when it was discovered that he was a fraudster, there was an uproar at the department store.''
It happened,” he said. The woman was arrested in November last year and sentenced to 15 years in prison, the legal maximum penalty for fraud. Mr. A said, ``All the victims suffered terribly, including undergoing psychiatric treatment.''
``While her family is still living a luxurious life, we are in a situation where it is difficult to even pay our children's tuition fees.''