[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Kim Jisun] The National Police Agency's Serious Crime Investigation Department on the 19th sent singer Lee Sun-hee (59) and Kwon Jin-young, head of Hook Entertainment, Lee's agency, to the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office without physical detention on charges of misappropriating company money.

According to the police, Lee is accused of personally using a one-entertainment corporate card from 2011 to June last year, causing damage to the company. One Entertainment has been headed by Lee since 2013 and was liquidated in June last year. Lee denied the allegations in a police investigation last May.

CEO Kwon is accused of embezzling about 4 billion won in Hook Entertainment funds from 2012 to October last year (embezzled under the Specific Economic Crime-weighted Punishment Act).

The police confirmed Kwon's alleged embezzlement and expanded the investigation to Lee's breach of trust. CEO Kwon was once named a director of One Entertainment.

Police sought an arrest warrant for Kwon last month, but it was rejected by the court. At that time, the court judged, "It is hard to say that there is a concern about destroying evidence or running away."

 

[ⓒ AlphaBIZ. 무단전재-재배포 금지]