Top Korean TV Host A Loser
Published: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Online-Casinos.com
TOP KOREAN TV HOST A LOSER
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 Online-Casinos.com/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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