================================================================================================ CASE 154 | 48 y/o woman | March 29, 2023 | South Korea ================================================================================================ DATABASE RECORD id 154 date March 29, 2023 original_date March 29, 2023 year 2023 month 3 quarter 2023-Q1 victim 48 y/o woman location Seoul, South Korea country South Korea scenario Kidnapping description 4 men kidnap woman, steal crypto, murder her. kidnappings 1 violence_torture 1 drugs_alcohol 0 weapons 1 theft 1 life_taken 1 money_wanted $51,000 coin_type crypto reports Protos notes the perpetrators purchased $74,000 worth of virtual currency and invested $2.2 million at the victim’s recommendation in a coin that had plummeted has_processed_date 1 created_at 2025-11-13 05:44:45 (flag legend: 'kidnappings' is the DETENTION flag — 1 when the victim was held against their will at any point, tied, locked in, held at gunpoint or taken away; it is NOT the same as the 'Kidnapping' scenario, which means taken away and held. See README, Definitions.) AI SUMMARY [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources] **Victim:** 48 y/o woman **Attackers:** Unknown number of perpetrators **Attack Method:** Kidnapping for ransom **Violence Used:** Murder/homicide **Crypto Stolen:** $51,000 in crypto **Status:** Victim deceased; investigation ongoing LINKED SOURCES [url] https://protos.com/four-suspects-face-death-penalty-in-south-korea-crypto-murder-case/ NOTES ON THIS FILE * matched to sheet row 155: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ARTICLE 1 Source Protos URL https://protos.com/four-suspects-face-death-penalty-in-south-korea-crypto-murder-case/ Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 155, column "Articles" Length 1,679 chars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Four suspects face death penalty in South Korea crypto murder case Four South Korean citizens are facing execution amid allegations that they kidnapped and murdered a woman over a failed crypto investment. Lee Kyeong-woo, Hwang Dae-han, and Yeon Ji-ho were all indicted for kidnapping the 48-year-old victim in the Gangnam Ward, Seoul, on March 29. It’s claimed that they murdered her the following day. Prosecutors allege that the accused were paid 70 million won ($51,000) by Yoo Sang-won and Hwang Eun-hee after the couple purchased 100 million won ($74,000) worth of virtual currency and invested 3 billion won ($2.2 million) at the victim’s recommendation in October 2020. Yoo and Hwang reportedly became embroiled in a dispute with the victim over the investment in struggling crypto ‘fine dust coin‘ when its price plummeted and they began to incur losses. Lee then allegedly suggested they steal the victim’s crypto and kill her. Lee, Yeon, and Hwang Dae-han are then alleged to have buried the victim 140km south of the city. On Monday, Korean prosecutors requested that all four involved in the crypto murder should face the death penalty while Yeon should face life imprisonment. As reported by Newsis, prosecutors argued that “Most of the defendants do not regret their crimes and continue to criticize the investigative agencies.” They added, “To establish judicial justice, punishment commensurate with the serious crime is absolutely necessary.” South Korea has not conducted an execution since 1997 but 60 convicts remain on death row. Lee has admitted to the charge of robbery but denies conspiring to or committing murder. The couple also deny the charges. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FETCHED ARTICLE 1 [AUTO-TRIMMED — UNREVIEWED] !! Furniture was cut by a script keyed on this case's record, not by a person. !! It may still carry passages about OTHER cases from a round-up article. !! The full page extract is kept in staging/ if a cut needs revisiting. Source protos.com URL https://protos.com/four-suspects-face-death-penalty-in-south-korea-crypto-murder-case/ Field url Retrieved 2026-09-05T12:51:23+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200) Language unknown Kept paragraphs headline [0] + 1-9 of 15 Length 1,683 chars Integrity sha256 97a2a62d4a8ad37d655d7ebe5ccb953f47c20a948956dd31d778783ec71f2a69 Trimmed AUTO-TRIMMED, unreviewed: kept paragraphs 1-9 plus headline [0]; dropped 0 leading and 5 trailing paragraphs. Case-term hits on page: 12. Caveat retrieved from a live page on the date above. Unlike text copied from the spreadsheet, there is no second copy to hash it against. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved) Four suspects face death penalty in South Korea crypto murder case Four South Korean citizens are facing execution amid allegations that they kidnapped and murdered a woman over a failed crypto investment. Lee Kyeong-woo, Hwang Dae-han, and Yeon Ji-ho were all indicted for kidnapping the 48-year-old victim in the Gangnam Ward, Seoul, on March 29. It’s claimed that they murdered her the following day. Prosecutors allege that the accused were paid 70 million won ($51,000) by Yoo Sang-won and Hwang Eun-hee after the couple purchased 100 million won ($74,000) worth of virtual currency and invested 3 billion won ($2.2 million) at the victim’s recommendation in October 2020. Yoo and Hwang reportedly became embroiled in a dispute with the victim over the investment in struggling crypto ‘fine dust coin‘ when its price plummeted and they began to incur losses. Lee then allegedly suggested they steal the victim’s crypto and kill her. Lee, Yeon, and Hwang Dae-han are then alleged to have buried the victim 140km south of the city. On Monday, Korean prosecutors requested that all four involved in the crypto murder should face the death penalty while Yeon should face life imprisonment. As reported by Newsis, prosecutors argued that “Most of the defendants do not regret their crimes and continue to criticize the investigative agencies.” They added, “To establish judicial justice, punishment commensurate with the serious crime is absolutely necessary.” South Korea has not conducted an execution since 1997 but 60 convicts remain on death row. Lee has admitted to the charge of robbery but denies conspiring to or committing murder. The couple also deny the charges. ================================================================================================ generated from attacks-export-Gart-website.json + reported_K&R | case 154 ================================================================================================