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lestye
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4206 Posts
November 15 2017 01:20 GMT
#121


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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33584 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-11-15 01:29:01
November 15 2017 01:28 GMT
#122
updated OP

tl;dr: is still that the former chairman of KeSPA Jun Byung-Hun, who is also a politician, is being investigated for receiving bribes from a TV homeshopping business in return for political favors. The bribes were received in the form of a sponsorship for the 2015 KeSPA Cup tournament (2nd season), of which a third of the money was embezzled and laundered. Mr. Jun has not been directly charged, but Korean investigators have slowly tightened the net by apprehending and questioning the people around him, including current KeSPA officials.
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Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42383 Posts
November 15 2017 15:31 GMT
#123
thanks for the updates wax.
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33584 Posts
November 20 2017 23:48 GMT
#124
Updated the OP.

Ex-chairman Jun was brought in for direct questioning by investigators, where he denied any personal involvement in wrongdoing. No updates on any of the principle charges; just that the prosecutors finally have the primary suspect in their hands.
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33584 Posts
January 19 2018 09:45 GMT
#125
Updated OP. Prosecutors finally brought formal charges.

KT is part of the case now, but prosecutors declined to indict them.
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Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
January 19 2018 10:24 GMT
#126
KT did nothing wrong.
Mun_Su
Profile Joined December 2012
France2063 Posts
January 19 2018 11:23 GMT
#127
Thanks for the updates Waxangel
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lechatnoir
Profile Joined November 2016
392 Posts
January 19 2018 12:29 GMT
#128
Good old fashioned white-collar crime. Good thing this is getting prosecuted. I hope there are no giant consequences for korean esport.
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33584 Posts
February 22 2019 06:35 GMT
#129
Update, check OP.

Found guilty by Korean courts, but plans to appeal.
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ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
February 22 2019 07:05 GMT
#130
I'd totally forgotten about this particular scandal. There seems to be an endless chain of esports/esports-related scandals to keep track of. I'm just waiting for Azubu (or I guess they're called Smashcast now) to make a comeback on the money laundering front.
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
February 22 2019 08:51 GMT
#131
Will they all rot in KeSPA jail??
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Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7139 Posts
February 22 2019 14:19 GMT
#132
E-sports: Already causing scandals on an olympic level. The olympic comitee should reconsider
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33584 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-02-22 15:00:15
February 22 2019 14:59 GMT
#133
On February 22 2019 23:19 Harris1st wrote:
E-sports: Already causing scandals on an olympic level. The olympic comitee should reconsider


I don't know how serious you were being, but there's actually some connection here. Mr. Jun was also the chairman of the IeSF, an international esports group centered in Korea which appeared to have ambitions of becoming an IOC-esque body for esports in the future (they quietly held many Olympics-style events).
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necrosexy
Profile Joined March 2011
451 Posts
February 22 2019 15:06 GMT
#134
Life died for their sins.
Kespa stuck him on the cross.
franzji
Profile Joined September 2013
United States583 Posts
February 22 2019 15:15 GMT
#135
I always hated KESPA.
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19320 Posts
February 22 2019 15:29 GMT
#136
On February 23 2019 00:06 necrosexy wrote:
Life died for their sins.
Kespa stuck him on the cross.

Sounds more like somebody who goes by the name Savior.
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sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
February 22 2019 15:34 GMT
#137
On February 22 2019 23:19 Harris1st wrote:
E-sports: Already causing scandals on an olympic level. The olympic comitee should reconsider


If anything it should serve as a stamp of approval. Virtually every single major sports organization is rampant with corruption. Now they can see that esports is just like them, yay!
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Fezvezfez
Profile Joined October 2017
58 Posts
February 22 2019 15:57 GMT
#138
Thanks for the update Waxangel, it's a sad story but it shouldn't be swept under the rug
Phizzik
Profile Joined November 2010
United States77 Posts
February 22 2019 16:52 GMT
#139
^^^ Was thinking about this the other day. Thanks for the update!
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lechatnoir
Profile Joined November 2016
392 Posts
February 22 2019 17:49 GMT
#140
Good riddance. ofc he will appeal but this first verdict is a good sign. Not enough people go to jail for corruption.
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