The Full Story of the ‘Lime Incident’ Resulting from the Ruling of a Former Executive of Shinhan Geumtu’s ‘Hired King’



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Im Mo, the former head of Shinhan Geumtu headquarters, will leave the court after completing a review of the court order in March. [사진 출처 = 연합뉴스]

explanation of the imageIm Mo, the former head of Shinhan Geumtu headquarters, will leave the court after completing a review of the court order in March. [사진 출처 = 연합뉴스]

1.54 billion won.

This is the total annual salary received last year, former director of Shinhan Investment Corp.’s PBS headquarters. According to the disclosure of the electronic disclosure system of the Financial Supervision Service in March this year, he is the person who received the salary Shinhan Investment Corp.’s highest annual rate last year. He was involved in the ‘Cal Incident’, which lost more than 1 trillion won in investors, and was brought to trial on charges such as flood damage, fraud and violation of the Capital Market Law under the Weighted Punishment Law. for specific economic crimes, and was sentenced to 8 years in prison at the first trial on the 25th. How did you get involved in such a large-scale financial crime?


Three charges


There were a total of three charges against Lim, the former head of headquarters. First, he was charged with receiving a 165 million won charge on behalf of a company management fee to a company he owned in exchange for investing 5 billion won from the Shinhan Investment Fund in lead, a display component manufacturer (received under the Weighted Penalties for Specific Economic Offenses Act). To receive. Former Lim vice president Lee Jong-pil, a key figure in the Lime crisis, and Lee Jong-pil (42, incarcerated), a key figure in the Lime crisis, and plans to put the funds of new subscribers into the fund in which the loss occurred. They are also charged with selling the fund (fraud under the Weighted Penalties for Certain Economic Crimes Act). You found that you sold the fund (in violation of the Capital Markets Law) without declaring that the funds of the fund’s subscribers are invested in the fund that caused the loss.

Reed, President Kim Jeong-soo, attended the court in July for a substantive examination of the order. [사진 출처 = 연합뉴스]

explanation of the imageReed, President Kim Jeong-soo, attended the court in July for a substantive examination of the order. [사진 출처 = 연합뉴스]

‘Lead’, the beginning of Lime’s research


The display component manufacturer ‘Lead’ is a company that triggered the prosecution’s investigation into the ‘Lima Incident’. Lime Asset Management began buying lead convertible bonds (CBs) in 2017 and increased its stake, once it became Reed’s largest shareholder. Former and current company executives, including former Vice President Park Mo, were brought to trial in October last year on charges of theft of 80 billion won (for example, embezzlement under the Weighted Penalties Act of Certain Economic Crimes) and sentenced to severe punishments, including 8 years in prison at the first trial in April. received. Former Lime Vice President Lee Jong-pil and Shinhan Financial Investment PBS Headquarters Team Leader Shim Mo questioned the suspect before being arrested in November last year on charges of receiving luxury watches and handbags from exchange for an investment from former Vice President Park. He fled just before receiving the (substantive examination order) and was captured by the police after about five months. At the time, the two were in hiding together with former Star Mobility president Kim Bong-hyun (46 years old, in prison), known as “Lime Jeonju” in some places in Seoul, but the police stepped on his tail.

According to the contents of Reed’s embezzlement case, former Vice President Park went to finance companies to seek investment in 2016 while he had an administrative dispute over Reed, but was rejected every time. Meanwhile, former team leader Moo Shim and former Vice President Lee, who worked at the PBS headquarters of Shinhan Financial Investment, were brought in to solve the financial crisis. It is said that it was President Kim Jeong-soo (55, incarcerated) who gave former Vice President Park a bridge with financial figures such as former Vice President Lee. In the defendants’ newspaper, former Vice President Park said, “I didn’t have much confidence in Kim Jung-soo, but I was very surprised to see people getting to know financial institutions and attracting funds.”

President Kim is also charged with stealing Reed’s 44 billion won (embezzlement under the Weighted Penalties for Certain Economic Crimes Act). He fled when the Lime investigation began in October last year, then fled for eight months and was jailed on July 9.

Lee Jong-pil, former vice president of Lime, was selected as a key figure in the 'Lime Incident'.  Known as the designer of the Lime Fund. [사진 출처 = 연합뉴스]

explanation of the imageLee Jong-pil, former vice president of Lime, was selected as a key figure in the ‘Lime Incident’. Known as the designer of the Lime Fund. [사진 출처 = 연합뉴스]

Receive your money for your investment and enter a swamp of crime


At the time, Shinhan Investment and Lime Asset Management’s investment in Reed seemed quite unusual. Former Vice President Park said: “At that time, the uncertainty of their own participation was not resolved, so other institutions were reluctant to invest.” However, there was a price to pay for this difficult “extraordinary” investment. President Kim Jung-soo will host a dinner for former Vice President Park, former Vice President Lee, and former Team Leader Shim Mo at various locations in Yeouido in March 2017, right after the investment is made. It was investigated that the former Vice President Park gave them Chanel bags and IWC watches respectively. They were also provided with Mercedes vehicles that were leased in the name of the leader, as a result of the confirmed prosecution investigation.

Former Headquarters Chief Lim and his relationship with former Team Leader Shim were shackled. In 2016, he created a venture investment corporation with five financial figures, including former team leader Shim. It is said that after investing funds in Shinhan Financial Investor Lead, a total of 165 million won was deposited into the corporation. It was a price for an extraordinary investment.

Jo Mo, a person from the financial sector who established a corporation with Lim, a former director of the financial sector, attended the trial of President Kim Jeong-soo as a witness and said, “The 165 million won deposited by Lead was used to open a restaurant. franchise located in Yeouido “.

There is still a long way to go regarding the Lyme crisis, which has been tangled up by financial numbers. Only the first ruling of the trial against the former head of headquarters came out, and there are dozens of people who have been handed over to the trial in relation to Lime. On the 25th, the 13th Criminal Division of the Seoul Southern District Law (Chief Judge Shin Hyeok-jae) sentenced the former division chief to eight years in prison, saying: “The defendant seriously damaged the required fairness and trust of workers in financial institutions “.

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