Park Soo-hong's brother embezzled 6.1 billion won, and the trial of his brother and his wife living in hell resumed today (13th)
Jun 13, 2025
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On the 13th, the Seoul High Court's 7th Criminal Department (B) will hold the sixth trial of the appeals court against Park Soo-hong's brother Park and brother-in-law Lee, who were indicted on charges of violating the law on aggravated punishment for specific economic crimes.
Park Soo-hong's brother and his wife are on criminal trial for embezzling a total of 6.17 billion won, including company money and Park Soo-hong's personal funds, in the process of taking charge of Park's management for 10 years from 2011 to 2021.
Earlier in February 2023, the first trial court sentenced Park Soo-hong's brother Park, who was indicted on charges of embezzlement under the Specific Economic Crimes Aggravated Punishment Act, to two years in prison. At that time, the court believed that Park embezzled about 700 million won and 1.3 billion won, respectively, from the entertainment agencies Lael and Media Boom, which were run by Park.
A tax accountant who was in charge of the tax affairs of Park and his brother's company said, "How can I contact Park Soo-hong, a celebrity who I don't even know his number when I don't even have fact-checking data?" and asked Park about his relationship with his brother. At that time, Park Soo-hong said he trusted 100% and confirmed it to that extent."
As for the real estate of Park Soo-hong's brother and his wife, it was judged that they could not acquire their real estate even if they used all the real income of the salary they took 7 to 3 on their own"It can be considered that the entire amount of money that is insufficient out of the total real estate amount was actually used by the entertainment agency corporation that operated such as Laël..." he said, referring to private withdrawals.
When Park first appeared as a witness, Park Soo-hong complained of distress in the trial, saying, `I thought I was a loving family, but I live in distress and hell (due to embezzlement)."
After taking the oath of witness, Park Soo-hong said "LaL Co., Ltd. is a one-man agency that generates profits such as home shopping fees, events, and advertisements. Media Boom is also a one-man entertainment agency that has collected all my lifetime broadcasting fees. In both companies, I'm the only revenue generator, and the company was run by my brother in general, and I have a manager, a coordinator."
Park Soo-hong "I know nothing about corporate accounting. I had no idea until the embezzlement occurred, and as I prepared to file a complaint, I knew that there were private properties in Magok in the name of the defendants and that corporate funds were used to acquire private properties" and "I trusted and entrusted the defendants who said they would call in their assets." Later, he found out that the defendants embezzled, and because there was no lease payment, he terminated my life insurance and disposed of the house to pay the lease payment."
In addition, his brother-in-law, identified only by his surname Lee, was fined 12 million won for violating the Act on Promotion of Information and Communication Network Utilization and Information Protection on Promotion of Information and Communication Network Utilization and Information Protection on Park Soo-hong and his wife Kim Daye.
Park's brother and his wife are on trial for embezzling billions of won in company money and personal funds while running Park's agency from 2011 to 2021. Separately, Park Soo-hong and his wife Kim Daye sued Lee in October last year on charges of spreading false information and defamation.
The court said "It is false that the victim and Mr. Kim lived together before the marriage registration, and there is no justifiable reason to believe this.""Even if there was a claim that there were women's goods in Park Soo-hong's house, there could be sufficient facts among the parties in the relationship.""
According to the prosecution, Lee said in a group chat room, `What Park Soo-hong said is falseHe is accused of defaming Park by spreading false information such as " or "Park Soo-hong is living with a woman" and posting it on an online community.
Earlier, Lee said in his closing argument that he had lived as an ordinary housewife for 20 years, but he was driven as an embezzlement criminal with a single comment. The children are being blamed and the daughter is undergoing psychiatric treatment. It's very hard, but I'm holding on```` he appealed with tears.
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