Seo Jang-hoon, invested hundreds of millions at the recommendation of his father‘s friend → failed, “What kind of investment is that?” (asked)

TV Jan 13, 2025

Translation


A man who is on the verge of losing 400 million won, which he has saved his entire life as a junk dealer, comes to ‘Ask Anything’.

The man‘s younger brother invested all the money he had saved his entire life as a junk dealer with a close friend of his father, and he pours out his frustration, saying that he has not received a single penny in two years. The informant explained that she only saw her younger sibling during holidays, but recently her younger brother suddenly called her and said, “Sister, please save me.”

The younger sibling asked her father for help while looking for an investment for his parents’ retirement funds, and her father’s acquaintance offered to give her a total of 580 million won in 6 months if she invested 400 million won.

The father’s acquaintance owned a land that served as a path for a few hundred pyeong of land, and he transferred 100 million won to each of the four landowners under the logic that if he invested in the few hundred pyeong of land and developed it, his land would also be developed.

Seo Jang-hoon was dumbfounded and said, “This isn’t even a joke, it’s just ridiculous and ridiculous,” and was astonished, saying, “How could you believe such nonsense so easily?” Lee Soo-geun cautiously suspects fraud, saying, “That acquaintance might have owed money to the landowners.”

It turns out that his father’s acquaintance is rumored to be a fraud in the neighborhood, but his father continues to trust his acquaintance even though he became a bad credit borrower because he used his mother‘s name to guarantee the acquaintance.

Seo Jang-hoon cautiously advises, “It’s ambiguous to sue him,” and “There‘s a possibility that your father could become an accomplice.” He makes a few suggestions, saying that this is the only way to get the money, and advises them to respond quickly, saying, “The evidence will disappear as time goes by.”

In addition, the 299th episode of “Ask Anything,” which contains the stories of announcer Son Jeong-eun, who declared herself a freelancer, and a gymnast who is concerned about being shorter than others, can be watched on KBS Joy Channel at 8:30 p.m. tonight (the 13th).

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com reporter jhj@donga.com