Jeon Qingjo's parents were also part of the same group.

'Reporter on the Wicked; 'Republic of Fraud' took aim at romance scam perpetrator Jeon Cheong-jo and his father Jeon Chang-su.

Wave's original documentary 'Reporting a Bad Guy;' released on the 15th. In the first episode of 'Republic of Fraud', Jeon Cheong-jo and his father Jeon Chang-su, who attracted national attention, were targeted as the first 'fraud villains' and the true nature of the father and daughter was uncovered.

'Where did the DNA of a hacker come from?' It all started with my father, Jeon Chang-su. Jeon Chang-soo approached the victim by introducing himself as a man with assets worth tens of billions of won. He won the favor of the victim with a barrage of gifts that showed off his wealth, from luxury watches worth tens of millions of won to dermatological procedures and high-end foreign cars. He won the hearts of the victim and his acquaintances and built trust by acting out his terminally ill life and kindness. It built a reputation with people around the targeted victims and received investment in the name of corporate activities. Then, Jeon Chang-soo suddenly disappeared with the money, leaving behind only the stolen ID card. Like the victim's anger, saying, “A fraudster is worse than a murderer,” the debt and pain left by Jeon Chang-su in Cheonan and Yeosu ruined the victim's life.

A father and daughter's fraudulent method that resembles decalcomania. How could it have been passed down like this? The starting point was a call from Jeon Cheong-jo, who was living in Jeju, a month before Jeon Chang-su fled from Cheonan in 2018. 'You said you're my dad? Please help me. 'It's too difficult.' Although there was no interaction between father and daughter, Jeon Chang-su, who was so attached to his daughter that all the passwords were Jeon Cheong-jo's birthday, went to Jeju and gave nearly 1 billion won to his daughter. The time when Jeon Qingjo obtained seed money coincides with the time when he began acting as a wealthy man.

Jeon Cheong-jo designed a bigger plan than his father, introducing himself as ‘Paradise’s extramarital child’, ‘51 trillion in assets’, ‘major shareholder of NVIDIA’, and ‘terminal patient with stage 4 pancreatic cancer’. They even dragged the head of the security team into the group and tried to trick former national fencing team member Nam Hyeon-hee and his family. Jeon Cheong-jo, overconfident that he had deceived everyone, announced his existence through an interview with a media outlet, and his fraudulent activities began to be revealed.

“Please open the door just once,” Jeon Cheong-jo screams while pounding on the door as if he were going to break it, and is eventually arrested as a criminal on charges of stalking Nam Hyun-hee. The image of the confident second-generation chaebol he was portraying is nowhere to be seen. This is not the first time Jeon Cheong-jo has committed fraud by switching between genders. Since 2015, targets have been set regardless of gender. The first victim of Jeon Cheong-jo's romance scam said that Jeon Cheong-jo had already described his identity as “becoming a man.”

It wasn't just his father's fraudulent methods that Jeon Cheong-jo resembled. Jeon Cheong-jo sent a letter asking the victims to come to the detention center, and the person who delivered the letter was Jeon Cheong-jo's mother. Jeon Cheong-jo's mother has been meeting victims of Jeon Cheong-jo's fraud for a long time and urging them to reach an agreement, saying things like, "You'd be better off getting the money," and "Be nice to your mom and dad. He gaslighted the victims by saying, “Always think twice before acting.” The same goes for the former Qing Dynasty. Asking victims, “Do you want to get paid?” He used aggressive speaking techniques such as “Be quiet and close your mouth.”

Due to the father and daughter's continued fraud with excessive confidence, only the unsuspecting victims suffer from nightmares. 'Reporter on the Wicked; The 'Republic of Fraud' team asked about the reason for digging deeper into this case, which was full of box-office elements such as the appearance of celebrities and conglomerates and gender-changing scams, by saying, "The typical elements of fraud hidden among box-office factors, how to get scammed and how the damage remains. “I wanted to show it,” he emphasized.

Taeyuna, Ten Asia Reporter youyou@tenasia.co.kr