On August 21, Nate reported that actress Hwang Jung Eum was asked by the Jeju Prosecutors' Office to be sentenced to 3 years in prison in her trial for embezzlement.

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Hwang Jung Eum at the final trial on August 21.

According to the indictment, in 2022, Hwang Jung Eum was accused of embezzling more than 4.3 billion won (more than 70 billion VND) from her family company Hunminjeongeum Entertainment - where she owned 100% of the shares - under the name of an advance, and then using most of the money to invest in cryptocurrencies. During the trial, the prosecution argued that this act violated the Criminal Law on Special Economic Crimes.

Hwang Jung Eum admitted to all charges during her first trial in May. She also said that she had repaid the entire embezzled amount in late May and early June, and submitted payment documents to the Jeju Court.

The actress explained: “I founded the company to serve my artistic activities. When I was advised to invest in cryptocurrencies to increase the company's capital, I made an immature decision. I thought that this was the money earned from artistic activities so I could rotate it, but clearly that was a mistake.”

Sentencing is scheduled for next September.

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The actress admitted her guilt and has returned all the embezzled money.

Hwang Jung Eum was born in 1984, started her career as a singer in the group Sugar in 2001 before leaving the group to pursue acting. She made a splash with the sitcom Family is Number 1 (2009) and left her mark with many hit movies such as: Secret love (2013), Kill me, Heal me (2015), She was pretty (2015)...

Hwang Jung Eum in the movie "High Kick Through the Roof":

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Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/mot-nu-dien-vien-bi-de-nghi-3-nam-tu-vi-bien-thu-hon-70-ty-2434472.html