420,000 won per person Ahn Sung-jae restaurant avoided reservation by impersonating a telecommunications employee..a police complaint
Mar 27, 2025
|
According to the Yongsan Police Station in Seoul on the 27th, Paramount Seoul filed a complaint with the police on the 21st, asking them to punish the impersonator of KT employees.
According to Parasoo Seoul, the impersonator called the restaurant and instructed him to switch the phone number of the representative of the reservation to a temporary number, saying "There will be a fire nearby and the communication network will be cut off."
He sent a picture of his business card to reassure the employee who answered the phone, but the temporary number was managed by the impersonator. The impersonator reportedly answered the customers' phone calls and asked for a pre-payment, and received a payment for the meal through a specific account. Paramount Seoul is on sale as a single dinner course menu, and the price per person is 420,000 won. Parasum Seoul explained that at least six customers were affected.
Earlier, on the 23rd, Parasum Seoul asked for caution of impersonation crimes through its official SNS account.
'Paramu Seoul' recently confirmed that a criminal act of demanding the cost of a meal occurred after impersonating KT and switching calls to the phone number of the parameter. We have filed a complaint with the police regarding this."
He then stressed that "Paramu Seoul accepts reservation fees only through the Catch Table (meat reservation application) and never requests account transfer"
Meanwhile, Ahn Sung-jae was the owner chef of Fine Dining 'Mosu Seoul', which was the only Michelin-guided three-star restaurant in Korea as of 2024, and received attention last year when he served as a judge on Netflix 'Black and White Cook'.
Chef Ahn Sung-jae suspended operations early last year for reorganization and reopened on the 22nd. Prior to the reopening, Parasum Seoul began accepting reservations on the 8th, and all reservations were closed by the end of June in a day. I got the attention.
yaqqol@sportschosun.com
