According to legal circles on September 26th, the Violent Crime Investigation Division of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency applied to the prosecution for an arrest warrant for Kim Yong-ho on charges of threatening and extorting money from celebrities.
Kim Yong-ho was accused of threatening several celebrities to disclose negative information about them on his YouTube channel “Kim Yong-ho’s Entertainment Director” and receiving money in exchange for covering up the issues starting from August 2020.
According to the investigation, Kim Yong-ho received hundreds of millions of won from the victims.
In October last year, the police raided Kim Yong-ho’s residence and office to secure data related to the incidents. Later, he was summoned twice, in June and July, for questioning.
Kim Yong-ho is a former sports world reporter. He appeared on the YouTube channel “Garosero Research Insitute” and ran his own YouTube channel “Kim Yong-ho’s Entertainment Director”.
Source: Nate