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Unbelievable? Wer'e living through this awful nightmare. I have verified everything I'm sharing with you and we need your help!
On the evening of Sept. 7, 2016 I received a call from the US Embassy in Seoul, Korea to inform me that my brother had been arrested at the airport for trafficking drugs into the country, Randy is a senior, 67 who resides in Oregon at a Senior Residence. As I was to learn, Randy was the victim of a SCAM. He had been lured into traveling to Seoul by the scammers to receive millions of dollars promised as an "Inheritance" ..
This was not the kind of scam you regularly hear about, this was far more insidious.
There were no "up front" fees requested. Instead, he would be provided airline tickets, and travel expenses to first travel to South America to pick up and sign the "necessary" papers, and then sent to Singapore (via Seoul) to deliver the paperwork and receive his "inheritance". Because of this "twist" (no money requested) and dreams of receiving a fabulously large sum of money, he agreed to go. While in South America, his contact asked him to do a "favor" and take some wrapped "gifts" to deliver to one of the "Asian Releasing Commisioners" when he arrived there. Of course he would...he's just that kind of person. That should have rung some bells but it didn't! Once he landed in Seoul, he was arrested and now is awaiting prosecution.
With Randy's help the "bad guys" were arrested in the airport! However, in 1988 Korea signed the provisions of the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs which directs and presumes a person to be guilty and no extenuating (reasons) need to be considered. So even though Randy had no knowledge of what was in the "gifts", aided in the capture of the "bad guys" he is still can be considered guilty as he did carry the drugs into the country. These are very serious charges carrying a sentence of 10 years to life.
So now, we have the task of proving he was the unwitting victim of a horrific scam. We have the documentation, timelines etc., but this is a difficult case and an expensive one. Without good counsel to prove he was the unwitting dupe of the perpetrators of this scam, he most certainly could serve a long term. My family and I do not have the funds to retain an attorney and are desperate to do anything we can to help Randy. We would be so very grateful for any help you can give my brother Randy. Thank you!
Renee Hellman and Pat Stoinski
Oh yes, the pictures included here are old and from a happier time, am trying to find more recent ones to satisfy some comments I've received -r-
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