Prosecutor's Office Investigation of 'Scam and Gambling' Golden Casino could be closed.
If the allegation that Golden Crown, a foreigner-only casino installed in the Inter-Burgo Hotel in Daegu, which is being investigated for fraudulent gambling, deceived customers and obtained undue profits, turns out to be true, the culture and tourism authorities will impose strong sanctions. expected to receive
In particular, the tourism industry observes that Golden Crown has a history of engaging in fraudulent gambling and illegal acts against foreigners before, so if the fraudulent gambling allegation is confirmed to be true, severe sanctions such as business suspension will be inevitable.
According to the relevant authorities, the prosecution and the tourism industry on the 2nd, the Daegu District Prosecutor's Office's Violent Crimes Detective Department received information that fraudulent gambling against foreigners is taking place at the Golden Crown Daegu Casino earlier this year, and then sent an investigator not long ago to send all the books necessary for the investigation. was confiscated
According to the relevant authorities, the prosecution and the tourism industry on the 2nd, the Daegu District Prosecutor's Office's Violent Crimes Detective Department received information that fraudulent gambling against foreigners is taking place at the Golden Crown Daegu Casino earlier this year, and then sent an investigator not long ago to send all the books necessary for the investigation. was confiscated
Prosecutors are said to be conducting a thorough investigation into fraudulent gambling methods and illicit profits by subpoenaing executives and employees to confirm the facts, followed by analysis of confiscated items. In addition, it is said that they are looking into whether the executives, including the owner, are alleging embezzlement or breach of trust.
The Golden Crown side seems to be wary of the prosecution's investigation into the specifics of the prosecution's criminal charges.
A Crown official said in an interview with the economic newspaper that first reported on the fraudulent gambling, "It is true that the prosecution investigation is ongoing." He continued, “(The case) is expected to be decided after the prosecution has made its own judgment,” he said.
In a telephone interview with this magazine, the official said, "Some of the news articles were taken down because they were not facts. We are currently responding through a law firm. “The economic newspaper has apologized for the report and settled the matter,” he said. Although he acknowledged that the prosecution's investigation into fraudulent gambling was ongoing, he gave various explanations that some of the reports were not true.
This is not the first time Golden Casino has been scammed. In June 2014, the Ulsan District Prosecutor's Office was charged with fraudulent gambling against foreign customers, including former Golden Crown Chairman Kim (53), business support manager Mr. A (51), sales manager Mr. B (43), and former deputy head of sales division. C (44) was arrested and charged 온라인카지노. In addition, nine former and current dealers were indicted without detention.
At that time, Korean-Chinese P, who spent tens of millions of dollars in the process of playing baccarat at the Golden Crown Casino of Inter-Burgo Hotel in Daegu, claimed to have witnessed a fraudulent gambling site conducted by a so-called 'Black Dealer'. The Golden Crown Casino used the so-called 'tan card' that had been manipulated in order, and the 'black dealer', who specializes in 'removing the bottom', skillfully pulled out other cards, was discovered by customers.
Prosecutors announced that they were charged with stealing 2.51 billion won from three foreigners playing baccarat at casinos from May 2012 to April 2014 by manipulating the match.
Previously, this casino was also sentenced to a fine of 20 million won for not only gambling but also for allowing Koreans to enter from September 2011 to March 2012.
In this regard, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is paying attention to what kind of sanctions it will take if the allegation of fraudulent gambling at Golden Casino turns out to be true. In the meantime, the fact that Golden Casino has been scammed several times has been discovered, and this time, there is a possibility that a strong card such as a business suspension will be taken out to prevent fraud again.
An official from the Convergence Tourism Industry Division of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, when asked about the response to the casino fraud and gambling incident, said, "We know that the prosecution has received a report from a person who has left the Golden Crown, and has completed a search and seizure and summons investigation of the person concerned." there is,” he said. He said that when the results are out, he will go there and consider the severity of the crime and consider administrative measures such as suspension of business.
The Cultural Tourism Authority, which has the authority to manage and supervise casinos, has not escaped the accusations that casino companies have defrauded themselves in fraudulent gambling activities, even though there have been many casino companies that have defrauded billions of dollars through fraudulent gambling over the years.
Golden Crown Daegu Casino was established in 1997 by taking over the casino business of Hilton Hotel in Gyeongju from Continental. Then 카지노, in 2010, the business was moved to Hotel Inter-Burgo Daegu, and the company name was changed to Golden Crown in 2010.
If you look at the shareholder structure, there is no major shareholder with more than 50%. Chairman Choi Jae-ho has the largest share with 41.37%, followed by Ahn Wi-soo with 25.45%, Park Sung-oh with 14.43%, Son Jang-hoon with 10.72%, and Welrich I&D with 8.03%. It is known that the prosecution is investigating allegations of fraud and embezzlement by executives as well as fraudulent gambling.
