It has been revealed that a cosmetics company headed by actress Sung Yu-ri received a large amount of investment from Kang Jong-hyun, who is suspected of being actor Park Min-young's ex-boyfriend and the real owner of virtual currency exchange Bithumb.



According to the quarterly report published on the 14th, Bucket Studio, a subsidiary of Bithumb, invested 3 billion won in cosmetics company 'Yulia L' on August 4th.

Yuliael was founded in 2019, and is currently represented by Yuri Sung.



Regarding this, Juliael's side said, "While looking for external investment, funds came in from the bucket (studio). However, when it became an issue in October (due to the Bithumb incident), we decided that we could not use the money related to negative issues, so we decided to spend 3 billion won. returned,” he explained.



At the same time, Sung Yu-ri insisted again that he had nothing to do with Bucket Studio or Bithumb.

It is explained that they are only involved in product planning, design, and marketing, but do not participate in actual management.



Bucket Studio invested 6 billion won in Bithumb Live in September of last year and 5 billion won in Green Snake Media in November of last year for business diversification reasons, and this year, a total of 309 It invested about a billion won.



Bucket Studio is a company headed by Mr. Kang's younger sister, Kang Ji-yeon.

On the 28th of last month, an executive of Bucket Studio was arrested on suspicion of embezzlement and destroying evidence.


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Previously, suspicions were raised that the name of the expensive Benz car that Kang rode was owned by Sung Yu-ri's husband, Ahn Seong-hyun, coach.

Regarding this, Sung Yu-ri's side stated, "We do not know about the relationship between the two."

However, as it was revealed that the cosmetics company she represented received a large amount of investment from a company related to Kang, she needs a detailed explanation.



Kang is under suspicion that the source of 23 billion won in funds related to his acquisition of Bithumb, KOSDAQ-listed companies Vident and Bucket Studio, and KOSPI-listed Inbiogen is unclear.



Bithumb said, "The allegations against Mr. Kang have nothing to do with Bithumb Korea, which operates Bithumb. He has never served as an executive or employee at the company or was involved in management." We emphasize that it is operated under the responsibility of the management.” 



(Reporter Kim Ji-hye of SBS Entertainment News)