An appellate court on Thursday sentenced the former fiance of Olympic fencing medalist Nam Hyun-hee to 13 years in prison for swindling dozens of people out of more than 3.5 billion won ($2.5 million) under the guise of a chaebol heir.
Former fiancé of Olympian Nam Hyun-hee, who falsely claimed to be the third generation scion of a Korean casino and hotel conglomerate, defrauded 3 billion won ($2.2 million) from 27 victims. .
The prosecutor’s office claimed that although the 28-year-old Jeon Cheong-jo defrauded 3 billion won from 27 victims by posing as an illegitimate child of a Korean hotel and casino conglomerate chairman. Jeon was engaged to Olympian Nam Hyun0-hee.
Choi Soo-yeon won the women's individual sabre gold medal at the 2022 Seoul Asian Fencing Championships on Sunday, where Korea swept the men's sabre podium on Friday with Gu Bon-gil winning gold, Kim Jung-hwan silver and Oh Sang-uk bronze.
The Korean national fencing team, from left to right: Kim Jun-ho, Kim Jung-hwan, Oh Sang-uk and Gu Bon-gil, celebrate after winning the team gold medal at the 39th Villa de Madrid Men's Sabre World Cup in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday.
Choi In-jeong won the senior women's épée gold medal at the Cairo Epee Grand Prix after beating silver medalist Auriane Mallo of France 15-14 in the finals while countrywoman Song Sera won the bronze medal after Choi beat Song in the semifinals.
Korea won the women’s sabre World Cup gold medal in Istanbul, Turkey on Sunday and two men’s individual World Cup bronze medals in Budapest, Hungary on Saturday.
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