I don't get it, but then again, I'm legally illiterate.

Okay, Soulkey owes money, but to whom? The car manufacturers? Scammer is in jail and can't get the money and as far as I'm concerned, this should be his problem. He sold the cars overseas, but even if he got the proceeds, they are acquired illegally and should go back to the manufacturers/local dealers. I suppose that cannot cover the whole cost of the cars, still this sum is pretty big.

ZZZero.O

Poland1600 Posts

March 19 2021 08:20 GMT

#25

Sheet

Ziggy

South Korea2106 Posts

March 19 2021 08:31 GMT

#26

oof

iFU.pauline

France1710 Posts

March 19 2021 08:36 GMT

#27

holy shit, 400k, you could work all your life not being able to pay back that amount. I would definetely leave my country for that.

Edpayasugo

United Kingdom2217 Posts

March 19 2021 09:32 GMT

#28

This sounds unbelievable, but also terrible

outscar

2832 Posts

March 19 2021 09:45 GMT

#29

Holy shit, imagine getting scammed/need to pay ~ 400K $. I would definitely kill myself. Big props to SK that he can still maintain his form under these circumstances. Hope he will slowly get balloons and pay that shit back but korean law is fucked up badly, let the fucking scammer pay all the sum.

kaby

Russian Federation195 Posts

March 19 2021 12:59 GMT

#30

That forged signature part can't be exactly correct, can it? Apparently, that must actually mean that he wasn't able to prove that he didn't sign the new contracts or he signed something without reading it because 'they said it was just format stuff'.

M3t4PhYzX

Poland4253 Posts

March 19 2021 13:01 GMT

#31

Sad times man, sad times.

Chosi

Germany1306 Posts

March 19 2021 13:29 GMT

#32

I am pretty sure the signature is NOT the piece that was forged, otherwise Soulkey would not be invovled in all of this. Assume that he signed a contract for a very good deal with some fine print that says in case the dealer goes bankrupt you are second in line to pay the bills, probably concealed in legal mumbo jumbo. Maybe that language was not even in the contract but is implicit by Korean law. Also the guesstimated amount could be one big ass car plus legal fees? There are plenty of very plausible scenarios in which all Soulkey did "wrong" was doing business with shady people and not being on the side of caution with a "too good" deal. Or they simply missed something in the fine print that we all may have missed.

KameZerg

Sweden1769 Posts

March 19 2021 13:37 GMT

#33

On March 19 2021 18:32 Edpayasugo wrote:
This sounds unbelievable, but also terrible

+1 theres alot more people don't know.

alypse

2772 Posts

March 19 2021 13:57 GMT

#34

On March 19 2021 13:33 GTR wrote:
edit: it was nada who lost 700k in the stock market
https://tl.net/forum/brood-war/503190-nada-reveals-his-5-yr-old-daughter

jesus

BisuDagger

Bisutopia19339 Posts

March 19 2021 14:03 GMT

#35

On March 19 2021 17:36 iFU.pauline wrote:
holy shit, 400k, you could work all your life not being able to pay back that amount. I would definetely leave my country for that.

Agreed. I would let Soulkey move to America and stream from my house (and train my children), if he wanted.

BigFan

TLADT24920 Posts

March 19 2021 15:07 GMT

#36

Pretty terrible overall. Hopefully he gets a lot more sponsored matches so that he can make headway and pay off that crazy debt.

Nematocyst

United States164 Posts

March 19 2021 15:15 GMT

#37

According to that accounting of events, SK had zero to do with the situation and is now on the hook for between 1 and 2 houses of value. Absurd.

I don't know what really happened, but I'm sure that story isn't right or that important details were omitted.

Jealous

10314 Posts

March 19 2021 15:40 GMT

#38

On the other hand it may be for the best that all the details are not made public because then that gives other skeevy scumbag scammers the blueprint on how to repeat such shitty crimes.

FaZiNaTe

Germany290 Posts

March 19 2021 15:56 GMT

#39

That is just insane. Everywhere arround the world so much is happening... more people wake up to "fraud" and "fraud country laws". He should not have to pay back this in any circumstances. Really crazy what pressure is put onto such people that just ignored or did not know better like those few pros.

But at the end its all about greed. Some may offer something that sound tooo good to be true. People need to be aware about this. Anyway, i am wishing all the best for Soulkey and all the others involved! Hope they learn and learned from this and having "luck" in life to repay or resolve the situation quickly.