The second arrest crossroads for executives, including Koo Young-bae, in the "Timef Unsettled Case."

2024.11.18 PM 06:38
Representative Koo Young-bae and Timef reviewed arrest again in a month
Victims sit up all night in front of the courthouse..."Please arrest Koo Young-bae"
"Blocking him/her even though he/she knows he/she can't settle the account..."Fraud worth 1.6 trillion won".
[Anchor]
Key executives, including Koo Young-bae, head of Quten Group, who is considered to be responsible for the large-scale non-settlement of Timon and Wemakeff, are facing a second arrest crisis.

The results are expected to come out as early as today, as the prosecution is once again trying to secure recruits after reinforcing investigations into these charges.

I'm reporter Kim Tae-won.

[Reporter]
Koo Young-bae, CEO of Quten Group, and Ryu Hwa-hyun and Ryu Kwang-jin, CEO of Timef, were reviewed for arrest again in a month.The representative of

said during the interrogation that he felt responsible for the unpaid settlement, but said he faithfully explained his allegations.

[Koo Young-bae / CEO of Q10 Group: I would like to express my deep sympathy and reflect on my responsibility for this incident. I've explained a lot of specific allegations in detail from my point of view.

Victims of the undecided situation staged a vigil in front of the court from the day before the screening to urge their arrest.

After the representative of the victim's group participated in the review and expressed his opinion directly, he also submitted a petition to the court.

[New regime / 'Black Umbrella Emergency Committee' Representative: So far, CEO Koo Young-bae and management have not been able to come up with any practical solution, arguing that their illegal behavior is a practice with the ridiculous logic of 'Coupang if successful, Timef if failure'....]The representative of

is accused of stealing KRW 1.595 trillion from the seller, etc. by deceiving the seller, etc., even though he/she knew that the payment was difficult.

In addition, it caused 72 billion won in damages to Timon, Wemakeprice, and Interpark by driving work to affiliates,
There are also allegations of stealing 80 billion won of company money to acquire an American e-commerce company called
.

Earlier, the prosecution had been conducting a reinforcing investigation for more than a month after a warrant filed against them was dismissed once last month for lack of explanation of the charges.

They said they "grabbed" Timon and Wemakeff until normal operations were impossible, only to make up for the loss of Quten Group, even though they knew it could fall into insolvency.
The prosecution believes that it is a clear money outflow crime that is different from the operation of an ordinary e-commerce company
.The arrest of representatives of

is expected to be decided as early as today.

I'm Kim Taewon of YTN.

Reporter for shooting
: Lee Soo-yeon
Video editing: Ahn Hong-hyun
Design: Im Saetbyul



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