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A single statement by former Star Mobility Chairman Kim Bong-hyun, who is the key figure in the ‘Lima Asset Management Swap Suspension’ (Lime Incident), is causing confusion in the government. In a statement recently in prison, former President Kim argued that he “lobbied the prosecution in charge of the investigation of the Lyme incident through his former lawyer, and that the prosecution used the case to push for an investigation in the political sphere.” .
The name of former President Kim was known for the first time in the world after the Lime crisis broke out, when a transcript of a phone call with a victim investor, the mother-in-law’s boss, was released to the media. from Daishin Securities, a Lime Fund sales company. At the time, the center’s director, Jang, assured investors that ‘President Mo’, who was exerting intense pressure for political relations, would take over the Hyanggun Mutual Care Association and save the Lime Fund with the money that the Mutual Attention Association had.
The ‘President of Mo’ featured here is former President Kim. Former President Kim was only listed as CEO of Star Mobility, but it was later discovered that he actually owned Star Mobility, and it was revealed that those involved in the Lime incident called him ‘President’. According to content released by Star Mobility, former President Kim graduated from Gwangju University Law Department and served as President of Ilshin Steel and President of Barun Construction after graduating from Gwangju University Law Department and serving as Director of Iljin Metal and Vice President of Ace Metal.
Former President Kim, along with Lee Jong-pil, former Vice President of Lime Asset Management, is considered the ‘point man’ of the Lime crisis. Lime Asset Management invested 60 billion won directly or indirectly, because there was a suspicion that former President Kim collaborated with former Vice President Lee to steal the investment in Lime Asset Management using Star Mobility. Former President Kim is accused of embezzling 51.6 billion won of Lime Asset Management’s investment, and Lee also had a stake in Star Mobility after Lime Asset Management invested. The first case in which former President Kim was involved with Lime Asset Management is known as the ‘Suwon Passenger Embezzlement Incident’. Former President Kim is accused of embezzling 24.1 billion won between October 2018 and January last year by conspiring with ‘Suwon Passengers’ CFO Kim Mo, which Striker Capital Management took over by borrowing funds from Lime Asset Management. .
When an arrest warrant was issued in December last year in connection with the Suwon passenger case, former President Kim fled without attending the deliberation of the warrant. Former President Kim was arrested by police in a village near Seongbuk-gu, Seoul on April 23 after fleeing for five months with former Vice President Lee Jong-pil.
In addition, the fund for Lime’s management was suspected to have been invested in the process of acquiring Hyanggun Mutual Inquiry by former President Kim. Former President Kim bought and resold the Hyanggun Mutual Care Association and is accused of embezzling tens of billions of won from the Mutual Aid Association. A former executive of the Mutual Affairs Association is also on trial after being arrested for conspiring with former President Kim for embezzlement.
The aftermath of the incident spilled over into politics as former President Kim had always bragged about his connections to various people, but as suspicions arose that he was trying to overcome the rhyme crisis. As a result of the prosecution’s investigation, it was confirmed that the former chairman of the financial supervision service provided money to Kim Mo, an executive of the Blue House, and received internal documents from the FSS related to Lime. It is known that he was a former administrator of Kim and former president Kim Dong-hyun, and is currently on trial on related charges.
Furthermore, President Kim is known to have said that he was in contact with ‘pro-parents’ to resolve the rhyme crisis, and that person was confirmed as Sang-ho Lee and Saha-eul of the Busan Democratic Party. President Lee is also on trial after being arrested for receiving 80 million won money from former President Kim.
In the course of the investigation and trial, former President Kim also stated that he had given money to Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Dong-min and former Blue House political director Kang Ki-jeong. Both Congressman Ki and former Chief Kang deny it.
On the 16th, through the public entrance door, he confessed that he had been putting pressure on politicians and businessmen. Former President Kim also revealed that despite his statement, the prosecution did not conduct a proper investigation.
In this statement, he said, “After paying hundreds of millions of won to the influential opposition party politician and attorney for the prosecution, former Vice President of Lime Management Lee Jong-pil, head of Woori, was lobbied. Bank and vice president. It was not carried out and only the main politicians of the ruling party were investigated ”.
Furthermore, at a saloon hall in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, along with Attorney A, who was a former prosecutor, he provided hospitality with liquor worth 10 million won to three prosecutors, of whom one prosecutor claimed having joined Lime’s research team soon after. In this regard, Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae ordered a direct inspection and Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol ordered the Seoul South District Prosecutor’s Office to promptly investigate allegations of misconduct.
Regarding the background to this disclosure, President Kim said: “I became part of the Don’t Ask Questions and the Kadera-style rabbit mall and experienced the intermingled investigations of the prosecution, and I thought that the reform of the Korean prosecution should be clear. ” “He said.
Former President Kim also argued that it was not Lime’s ‘jeonju’ or ‘body’. He said: “(I) no investigation by the prosecution and the complaints have nothing to do with the Lyme situation,” he said. “The bodies from the current Lyme crisis are either fleeing abroad or fleeing domestically.”
There are voices that the Lime situation should be seen as a “power door” in later revelations by former President Kim, but there is also the view that he is trying to “lead the water” or “turn around” to confuse the investigation. .
(Seoul = News 1)
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