TOP KOREAN TV HOST A LOSER
14 November 2008
Accusations that celebrity lost Won 400 million on
Internet gambling
Kang Byung-kyu, a Korean baseball player who became a
television celebrity through hosting the Korean TV show
"Vitamine", is to be summonsed by local prosecutors to
answer charges of illegal online gambling, reports the
Korea Times and Joongang Ilbo.
The celebrity's manager has denied any wrongdoing on the
part of his client, but prosecutors say they have
sufficient evidence to proceed on the matter in court.
The case has its roots in the arrest of four Koreans who
set up an Internet gambling operation in the Philippines
which broadcast live baccarat games to Korean customers
(see previous InfoPowa reports).
Prosecutors have claimed that Kang was one of 130
punters who were detected using the website, presumably
from data captured on records seized during the arrest
of the site operators earlier this year. Visitors to the
site are alleged to have wagered money over the
Internet, earning the four site operators Won 100
billion over a period of 18 months before police closed
their activities down.
Kang allegedly sent Won 1.6 billion - around $1.2
million - to the site operator and was paid back Won 1.2
billion - a loss of 400 million won.
The celebrity has other problems to work through,
reports the Korea Times - KBS, the network which screens
Kang's "Vitamine" program has announced that his
appearance fee is too high, and that he is to be
replaced with another presenter.
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