Money Today Reporter Lee Eun | 2023.02.16 20:58
Lee Doo-hee, CEO of ‘Like a Handsome Lion’, who was cleared of allegations of breach of trust, embezzlement, and fraud, revealed his feelings.
Previously, in September of last year, Metaconz sued Lee Doo-hee for violating the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (embezzlement), business breach of trust, and fraud.
On the 16th, two days after the news of the acquittal was announced, Lee Doo-hee announced his position through his Instagram.
Lee Doo-hee said, “In September of last year, I was suddenly sued for embezzlement, breach of trust, fraud, and obstruction of business.” . I couldn’t even speak out because of the articles that mentioned my wife as well.”
He said, “I thought that getting the right result from the investigative agency was my way of life, and I was very diligent in the police investigation for about six months. And in February 2023, I was sentenced to ‘no charges, no crime recognized, dismissed'” he explained.
He continued, “Generally, the acquittal received is called ‘insufficient evidence’. However, I submitted all the data requests from the investigative agency without hiding anything. I faithfully submitted all the materials requested by the investigative agency, etc. As a result, I was not charged with ‘insufficient evidence’, but ‘not suspected, no crime recognized, dismissed’.”
At the same time, Lee Doo-hee said, “I want to leave a lot of words, but I want to leave the words of infinite gratitude to my wife Ji-sook, who endured the past six months, which were very difficult.” .
Previously, a conflict arose in the process of acquiring ‘Meta Kongz’, a non-fungible token (NFT) company, by ‘Like a Stylish Lion’, represented by Doo-hee Lee, and Meta Kongz sued Lee Doo-hee for embezzlement, breach of trust, and fraud.
At the time of the conflict, Meta Kongz said, “Lee Doo-hee served as Meta Kongz’s developer and CTO (Chief Technology Officer), and abused and abused that position to connect NFT sales proceeds and wallets that received commissions to his personal wallet.” has requested a refund several times, but has not yet returned a single penny.”
In addition, even though Lee Doo-hee decided to take responsibility for all costs related to development work, it was said that he had committed a breach of duty in business by requesting development money from Meta Kongz and entrusting the service to Like a Stylish Lion.
However, on the 8th, the Seoul Gangnam Police Station made a decision not to send Lee Doo-hee, who was accused of business-related breach of trust, embezzlement, and fraud.
Meanwhile, Lee Doo-hee, a programmer from Seoul National University’s College of Engineering, made her face known by appearing in various entertainment programs such as tvN’s ‘The Genius’ and MBC’s ‘If You’re Envious, You’ll Lose’. He married Jisook from the group Rainbow in 2020.
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