In Busan, a golf course membership fraud worth more than 3 billion won occurred.According to the Mai..

Representative of golf course membership trading company, hidden \n”Using anonymous membership at any time” Misunderstanding

사진 확대 The inside of the office of the membership trader who committed fraud and went into hiding is messy. [Victim]

In Busan, a golf course membership fraud worth more than 3 billion won occurred.

According to the Mail Business report on the 12th, Choi (aged 40), the head of a membership trading company in Busan, disappeared earlier this month. Choi has been running a membership distribution company for about a decade, selling membership to customers mainly at golf courses in Busan and South Gyeongsang Province.

Since last year, Choi has been persuading customers to give them the right to use VVIP membership at a low price at several golf courses in Busan. He said that his company owns VVIP membership, which is anonymous and can be used by several people. About 10 people each paid about 100 million won to Choi after being deceived by lies that bookings are easy and cheap to use golf courses. It turned out that Choi did not have an anonymous VVIP membership at all, but borrowed someone else’s membership and used it.

According to the victims, Choi deceived them as a product that if a deposit of 100 million won is paid, they will have the authority to use the golf course three times a month as a member price for a year. A victim said, “At first, I had no choice but to believe that I could actually book and use it as a member,” adding, “Recently, when I checked with the golf course, Choi came to the golf course during the rounding, and paid for some of the money, so I was able to use it cheaply.”

사진 확대 a panoramic view of the golf course. This photo is not related to this article. [Yonhap News]

Choi issued a notarization to show his belief that the contract was safe, but it was later revealed that even this was a certificate with no legal effect. Choi was found to have swindled about 1 billion won by deceiving him of his golf course membership, which did not exist earlier this month.

Another victim said, “Considering that Choi terminated his insurance at the end of October last year and hurriedly signed a small amount of membership contracts before going into hiding earlier this month, it can only be seen as a planned crime,” adding, “I asked the police to ban Choi’s family from leaving the country because they were abroad, but I received an absurd answer that it was impossible because it was in the investigation stage.” The victim said, “There are about 10 victims and the amount of damage is about 3 billion won, so shouldn’t we ban departure or freeze our accounts right away?” and added, “The amount of damage is expected to increase further as there are rumors that Choi cheated other golf courses in Gyeongnam in this way.”

In response, an official from Dongnae Police Station said, “We have received several complaints against Choi and are investigating, and we cannot reveal the details because we are investigating.”