【文春砲から２年半、韓鶴子総裁も捜査対象に】旧統一教会のカジノ豪遊疑惑（付記：文鮮明教祖が買収／設立したメディアのうちＵＰＩは三男派が所有しているようです。）
韓鶴子総裁による米ラスベガスでの遠征賭博疑惑は、2022年11月、日本の『週刊文春』によって明るみに出た。報道によれば、韓鶴子総裁ら教団幹部は2008年から2011年までの間に64億円を賭博に費やしたとされる。
※ 韓鶴子総裁も、幹部も、教会員も、いまのところ活動に支障はないようです。
旧統一教会の請託疑惑やカジノ豪遊疑惑について、韓国のメディアの日本語版サイトを除き、日本国内ではほとんど報道されていませんが
（英語版を含む）韓国のメディア以外では珍しくＵＰＩが旧統一教会総裁ご一行のカジノ豪遊疑惑を含む捜査の状況について下記の通り報じています。
（Google 翻訳）
2025年7月8日
特別検察官が統一教会幹部への捜査を開始
容疑には、宗教仲介者を通じた賄賂、カジノ賭博のための教会資金の横領、法執行への干渉などが含まれている。
キム・ヨンジュン
July 8, 2025
Special prosecutor begins probe into Unification Church executives
Included are allegations of bribery via a religious intermediary, embezzlement of church funds for casino gambling and interference in law enforcement.
By Youngjun Kim
SEOUL, July 9 (UPI) -- South Korea's special prosecutor has formally designated Hak‑ja Han, head of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, popularly known as the Unification Church, as a criminal suspect.
The office is extending its investigation to include allegations of bribery via a religious intermediary, embezzlement of church funds for casino gambling and interference in law enforcement.
Prosecutors allege that luxury goods -- including designer handbags and diamond jewelry -- were acquired to be given to the former First Lady Keon‑hee Kim, wife of the recently impeached former President Suk-yeol Yoon.
The items had been transferred through Seong‑bae Jeon, known as "Geonjin Beopsa," a spiritual adviser to the church. Investigators are working to establish whether directives came from senior church officials and if funds were misused for political influence.
The special prosecutor's office has announced that summonses will be issued soon to several senior Unification Church executives.
Among those investigators are set to question Young‑ho Yoon, former director-general of the church's world headquarters; Young-ho Yoon's wife, previously a leading figure in church finances; Won-ju Jeong (McDevitt), deputy director at the church's central Cheonmu Institute.
To date, no such individuals have been taken into custody or formally interviewed, but prosecutors have confirmed plans to bring them in for questioning as part of the unfolding inquiry.
A travel ban had been placed on all three. Won-ju Jeong (McDevitt) had been granted permission last month to visit her critically ill husband. However, to date, she has not yet returned to Korea.
Financial audit teams uncovered records indicating that church donations -- totaling tens of billions of Korean won -- were allegedly used for gambling at Las Vegas casinos, dating from 2008 through earlier this year. Investigators traced rewards‑club reports reflecting substantial bets and gaming sessions attributed to church figures.
Prosecutors are also probing whether the church attempted to obstruct a separate police investigation into this gambling activity. Authorities executed search and seizure operations July 8, seeking internal communications that could demonstrate exertion of political pressure or bribery to obstruct the earlier inquiry.
This probe spans multiple suspected criminal offenses: illicit transfer of luxury goods as political bribes, embezzlement of church funds for gambling, obstruction of justice through interference with police investigations, and potential collusion involving religious leaders, former police officials and political intermediaries.
The formal opening of a criminal case into Hak‑ja Han marks a pivotal escalation in this investigation. As summonses to key church figures draw closer and forensic evidence continues to accumulate, questions are mounting about the church's financial and political entanglements.
This case has generated intense interest in the Korea media over past several months. It represents one of the most high-stakes probes into religious-political influence in South Korea, raising significant questions about institutional transparency and accountability.
Earlier this year, the Tokyo District Court issued an order for the dissolution of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification in Japan -- formerly called Unification Church Japan.
お時間があれば、旧統一教会の機関紙であるセゲイルボ（韓国の世界日報）の（例えば、下記のような）記事と読み比べてみてください。
（Google 翻訳）
https://www-segye-com.translate.goog/newsView/20250708515745?_x_tr_sl=ko&_x_tr_tl=ja&_x_tr_hl=ja
特検、ユン・サンヒョン・キム・ヨンソン押収捜索
2025-07-08
尚、韓鶴子総裁も、幹部も、教会員も、いまのところ活動に支障はないようです。
https://cafe.daum.net/antiuccorruption/b2gc/407
ＳＢＳニュース 元 京畿北部 警察庁長 子女への祝儀２３０万ウォン／ラスベガス・カジノ賭博事件の捜査を防ぐためのユン・ヨンホの命懸けの決断
（2025-05-12）
付記
以前の記事でもふれた通り
The Washington Times を発行する The Washington Times, LLC、세계일보（セゲイルボ、韓国の世界日報）を発行する（주）세계일보사（（株）世界日報社）、世界日報を発行する（株）世界日報社、等の株式は旧統一教会の傘下にあった News World Communications Inc. が保有していたと言われていますが
https://www.tparents.org/library/unification/talks/selle/Selle-870200.htm
文鮮明教祖が健在であった2009年に王子の乱で文顕進氏（三男）が（韓鶴子夫人、文国進氏（四男）、文享進氏（七男）、他によって）追放された際に、文顕進氏の支配下にあった（主に）米国内の関連企業と一緒に News World Communications Inc. は旧統一教会（文鮮明教祖）から切り離されました。
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/nov/2/moon-group-buys-washington-times/
その後、教祖の存命中に（旧統一教会（HSA-UWC、名称変更後は FFWPU）の傘下にある Operations Holdings Inc. の子会社）TWT (The Washington Times) Holdings LLC が News World Communications Inc. から The Washington Times を発行する The Washington Times, LLC の株式を購入した（旧統一教会が買い戻した）と報道されています。旧統一教会は、同様に、セゲイルボ（韓国の世界日報）や世界日報も文顕進氏から買い戻したのではないかと推測されます。
一方、ＵＰＩ（United Press International）は現在も News World Communications Inc. の傘下に留まっているようです。
United Press International is a leading provider of news, photos and information to millions of readers around the globe via UPI.com and its licensing services.
With a history of reliable reporting dating back to 1907, today's UPI is a credible source for the most important stories of the day, continually updated - a one-stop site for U.S. and world news, as well as entertainment, trends, science, health and stunning photography.
UPI was founded in 1907 by E.W. Scripps as the United Press (UP). It became known as UPI after a merger with the International News Service in 1958, which was founded in 1909 by William Randolph Hearst. Today, UPI is owned by News World Communications.
It is based in Washington, D.C., and Boca Raton, Fla.