The police have found evidence of Seungri paying a sum exceeding travel expenses to professional female escorts who attend his birthday party in Palawan, Philippines.

On April 14, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Provincial Special Detective Division secured records of financial transactions indicating that Seungri transferred a sum that exceeds regular travel expenses to the escorts.

The birthday party in question was held in December 2017 and attended by Seungri’s friends and foreign investors. It was reported that eight professional female escorts were invited as well.

On April 14, some of the women who had attended the party stated to the police that they had voluntarily entered into sexual acts with men at the party and were not instructed to do so by Seungri or anyone else. When suspicions were raised about Seungri paying for their travel expenses, Seungri stated that he had paid for all of the attendees and not just for the women suspected to be involved in prostitution.

However, the police suspect that this was a case of prostitution mediation as the women were not friends of Seungri. In addition, the escorts were paid a sum that is greater than the travel expenses, meaning that the additional amount may have been given in exchange for prostitution.

A source from the police stated, “We are open to all possibilities including a pretrial detention warrant.” A pretrial detention warrant allows a prosecutor the right to put suspects or defendants in detention.

Meanwhile, the police are also also investigating additional allegations of Seungri providing prostitution services for a Japanese investor visiting Korea.

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New allegations of embezzlement have been made against Seungri.

On the April 14 broadcast of Channel A’s “News A,” it was reported that Seungri took 10 million won (approximately $8,800) from Yuri Holdings to allegedly pay for the legal fees of a staff member being investigated for suspicions of sexual assault. Yuri Holdings was founded by Seungri and Yoo In Suk in 2016 to operate several businesses in the food and entertainment sectors, which includes the controversial club Burning Sun.

According to the report, Seungri used the money in 2016 for a DJ at the club Monkey Museum, which he established in 2016 in partnership with Yoo In Suk. The DJ was reportedly being investigated for sexually assaulting a woman after she became drunk at the club.

In response, Seungri denied the accusations of embezzlement as he stated, “I paid for the legal fees because it could have affected the club’s image.”

Police are investigating whether Seungri has embezzled funds in addition to the suspected lawyer fees. Prior to this report, Seungri and Yoo In Suk were found to have embezzled funds from Monkey Museum on April 1. The two were booked on the charge of occupational embezzlement.

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Police investigating Seungri and his alleged act of mediating prostitution have secured testimony that sexual activity occurred between a female escort and a man at Seungri’s birthday part in Palawan.

According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Provincial Special Detective Division, police secured the testimony while investigating some of the women who attended Seungri’s birthday party in the Philippines. The women, however, stated they had voluntarily entered into such acts with the men and that they were not instructed to do so by anyone else.

Police suspect prostitution may have taken place in exchange for the payment of the escorts’ travel expenses, as Seungri was revealed to have paid for them.

Seungri previously denied these allegations, stating, “There is no truth [to the claim] that I’ve mediated prostitution.” The total cost of his 2017 birthday party is estimated to be about 600 million won (approximately $527,385), and Seungri claimed that he paid all of the attendees’ travel expenses and not just those of the women suspected to be involved in prostitution mediation.

Seungri held the birthday party in question in December of 2017 and invited a number of friends and foreign investors. On April 7, it was reported that eight professional escorts had also been invited to the party, and police suspected that this was an instance of prostitution mediation as the women were not Seungri’s acquaintances.

The police suspect that even if there were no direct orders from Seungri to provide sexual services, the act of inviting them to the party after paying for their travel expenses was to naturally create an atmosphere for sexual services to be provided to foreign investors.

Meanwhile, in addition to the Palawan birthday party, police are also investigating allegations of Seungri providing prostitution services for a Japanese investor visiting Korea.

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