Actress Hwang Jung Eum has reportedly paid back approximately two-thirds of the embezzled company funds she was charged with. Her legal representative mentioned that the remaining balance, exceeding 1 billion KRW, would be promptly repaid. Most creditors are banks, and with secured mortgages on real estate, repayment should not pose significant difficulties. Hwang Jung Eum, accused of embezzling 4.34 billion KRW by December 2022, has already acknowledged the charges against her. Her lawyer emphasized that the income was from her individual activities and that she had begun repaying the losses by selling cryptocurrency assets. Hwang Jung Eum admitted to investing in cryptocurrency without sufficient knowledge and believed the funds belonged to her personally. The court is scheduled to review the progress of repayment in August, with prosecutors likely to recommend sentencing if the case advances at that time.