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The hottest issue in Korea these days is the marriage fraud case of Korean sports star Nam Hyun-hee. Ms. Nam announced just 4 days ago that she was planning to remarry a new man, but this turned out to be a fraud, garnering a lot of attention nationwide. Let's see what's going on.
Who's involved?
*Who is Nam Hyun-hee? : Nam Hyun-hee is a Korean sports star who won a silver medal in fencing at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and six gold medals at two Asian Games. Because of her cute and pretty appearance, she still has many fans even after retirement.
*Nam Hyun-hee's marriage announcement: Nam, 42 years old this year, had a daughter from her first marriage, but divorced last August. Then, on October 23rd, she announced her remarriage and introduced her husband-to-be as a third-generation American conglomerate named ‘Jeon Cheong-jo.’ Mr. Jeon is 27 years old, which is 15 years younger than Ms. Nam.
*Jeon Cheong-jo's chaebol play: Mr. Jeon showed off his status as a chaebol by giving Ms. Nam a huge gift. He gave a car worth over 200 million won, took them to a hotel that cost 12 million won per night, and also gave luxury clothes to the employees of the fencing academy run by Ms. Nam. The reason Ms. Nam decided to get married was because Mr. Jeon actively helped with the fencing academy and solved difficult problems with his outstanding eloquence.
Everything is a lie?
*Who is Jeon Cheong-jo? : But when Nam announced his remarriage, something strange happened. The story that Jeon Cheong-jo is actually a woman and a fraudster has been popping up everywhere. In fact, if you look at a photo taken of the two while being interviewed by a media outlet, Mr. Jeon looks like a woman.
*A tycoon or a fraudster? : Accordingly, media outlets and netizens began to dig into Mr. Jeon's past, and it was eventually revealed that Mr. Jeon was not a third-generation chaebol and was a person who had even been sent to prison for fraud. It was also revealed that it was a woman and not a man.
*Jeon Cheong-jo's fraudulent activities: As suspicions arose, people who invested money after being deceived by Mr. Jeon's words appeared here and there.
Not only was he already arrested for a fraud case in 2020 and sentenced to 2 years and 8 months in prison, but after meeting Nam Hyun-hee, it was revealed that he actively encouraged people around Nam to invest and received 1 billion won in money.
Suspicion lingers on
*Is Jeon Cheongjo a woman? : Jeon Cheong-jo, born in 1996, dropped out of high school and his educational background is unknown. It appears that since becoming an adult, Mr. Jeon has frequently changed his appearance as a woman or a man.
In a past fraud case, there was a case where a woman took money from people around her boyfriend by claiming that she was pregnant. There was also an incident where he received investment money by disguising himself as a businessman. Jeon Cheong-jo reportedly told Nam Hyeon-hee that he was a transgender who changed his sex from female to male.
*Is Nam Hyun-hee pregnant? : Nam Hyeon-hee thought she was pregnant while living with Jeon Cheong-jo. This is because Jeon Cheong-jo gave her a pregnancy test 10 times, and all of the results showed that she was pregnant.
However, even if a woman changes her sex to a man, pregnancy is impossible because sperm are not produced. I think Jeon Cheong-jo carried out this scam to strengthen the relationship between the couple.
Fraud from a loved one
*Lies to gain trust: Nam Hyun-hee had several KakaoTalk conversations with Jeon Cheong-jo's chaebol father. However, after deciding to break up with Jeon Cheong-jo, while organizing clothes at the house where she lived, she found Jeon Cheong-jo's second cell phone and found a conversation between herself and her chaebol father in it. Jeon Cheong-jo pretended to be her father and talked to Nam Hyeon-hee.
*Jeon Cheong-jo's arrest and disappearance: When Nam Hyeon-hee announced her breakup, Jeon Cheong-jo came to Nam's mother's house and made a fuss, asking her to meet him. The police arrived and arrested him. Jeon Cheong-jo, who was released after being interrogated for 5 hours, is currently missing.
I think the reason Jeon Cheong-jo approached Nam Hyeon-hee was to use Nam's fame to commit a bigger scam. It appears that Jeon Cheong-jo will soon be arrested again and sent to prison. Nam Hyun-hee is devastated by the fact that she was deceived by the person she loved.
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