“I followed the ‘how to make money’ I saw on social media”... A man in his 30s was extorted from beauty salons.

“Your scalp has become like this because of you. Please take responsibility.”

At around 1 p.m. on August 28, a hair salon in Ssangchon-dong, Seo-gu, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do.

Mr. A (30s), whose arms were completely covered with various tattoos, including carp and dragons, came into the store, carefully combed his hair, and asked the director, "This is what happened after I dyed my hair here."

In fact, the hairdressers at the store were momentarily taken aback because Mr. A's scalp was bright red in various places, but no one could remember when Mr. A had dyed his hair here.

When the director asked about the date of the procedure, Mr. A also could not give an exact answer.

Nevertheless, Mr. A blamed the hair salon for his scalp troubles and demanded compensation.

Mr. A, who did not leave the store for 30 to 40 minutes, raised his voice and said, "I will ruin the store by posting on social media. There are a lot of documents prepared by the loss adjuster, but if they are accepted, I will have to pay a lot of money."

As he continued to make threatening comments while showing off his tattooed body, the female employees and customers were frightened, and the director decided that it would be difficult to continue the fight.

The director said he would go through the compensation process using the insurance he signed up for, but Mr. A said, “I have to leave the country the next day, so I don’t have time,” and urged him to give him cash, so he received 60,000 won as compensation.

After receiving the money once, the demands increased.

Mr. A, who came to the beauty salon again, said, "Now that I think about it, I had other procedures besides hair dyeing," and requested additional compensation and transportation expenses, and the director remitted an additional 40,000 won.

As the details of the procedure, which he could not remember at first, increased one by one, the business owner became suspicious and eventually reported it to the police.

The police believed there would be more similar damage and requested the Gwangju Area Beauty Association to confirm the damage.

As a result of the investigation, it was revealed that Mr. A visited 10 beauty salons in the Gwangju area from March to August last year and extorted a total of 750,000 won, claiming that he had problems with his scalp.

In fact, Mr. A had never actually used the damaged beauty salons.

The target of Mr. A's crime was not limited to the beauty salon.

Circumstances were confirmed that famous restaurants, including those in Yeosu, requested settlement money, claiming that they contracted food poisoning after eating food at the establishment.

Mr. A, who was admitted to a hospital in Ssangchon-dong to pretend that he had suffered from food poisoning, was caught in the parking lot of a supermarket near the hospital after being chased by the police.

Mr. A, who had just been released from prison and had no other job, admitted to the crime during a police investigation, saying, "I saw a video on social media about making money in this way and followed it."

All the extorted money was used for living expenses.

The Gwangju Western Police Station arrested Mr. A on charges of blackmail on the 13th, and is investigating as there may be additional, undisclosed crimes.