Yang Hyun-suk was questioned by Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency for nearly 24-hours over gambling & sexual service allegations
Both men most recently were booked by Seoul police on illegal gambling-related charges, with allegations that they have habitually gambled in Las Vegas -- gambling is illegal in South Korea -- and illegally exchanged foreign currency.reports that Yang and Seungri spent 1 billion KRW, or around $826,000, and KRW2 billion, or $1.65 million, on gambling, respectively.
Both men are currently banned from traveling outside of the country, and Yang’s questioning was preceded earlier this week by that of Seungri, who reportedly underwent about 12 hours of questioning and admitted to some suspicions of gambling. This article has been updated with additional details.
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