In response to concerns about the reduction of the ‘Optimus Incident’, Seok-yeol Yoon ordered a “thorough investigation”

Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol (left) moves after attending the 29th International Narcotics Elimination Cooperation Meeting held at Paradise City Hotel on Yeongjong Island, Incheon last year, after wrapping up the opening ceremony. [뉴스1]

Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol ordered a comprehensive investigation into the suspicion of lobbying politicians and Optimus CEO Kim Jae-hyun’s relations (prosecution for detention) before the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office. Concerns over the situation are reportedly being reflected that the investigation team led by the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office Lee Seong-yoon is unwilling to investigate allegations of lobbying in Kim’s political relationships, which could harm the passport.

According to the prosecution on the 8th, Yoon ordered the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office to investigate the recent Optimus incident, saying, “In relation to the Optimus incident, not only financial fraud, but also suspected lobbying should be investigated. thoroughly”. Yoon recently confirmed that the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office for Economic Crimes and Criminal Justice (Director Min-cheol Joo) obtained statements and documents supporting Kim’s alleged lobbying. While reports on the main investigations were omitted, some prosecutors suspected that the investigation would be shortened or concealed.

The prosecution, which is investigating the ‘Optimus Incident’, seized and searched the Hana Bank headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the 24th of last month. [뉴스1]

In particular, Yoon said that the fact that lawyer Yoon-mo, who was tried as an accessory to the fund fraud and internal director of Optimus, had not been reported to the prosecution with some specific documents suspicious of Kim’s suspicion of lobbying. for political relations. In the corresponding document, ‘Regarding Healing Defects Deep Down,’ ‘Hyuk-jin Lee, former Optimus CEO, falsely solicited members of the National Assembly, influential Democrats, and government officials through his ties past with the Democratic Party. It is reported that there is a content called ‘directly or indirectly connected with (Optimus)’.

In addition, inside the prosecution, despite the fact that the investigation team obtained a statement supporting the suspicion of lobbying by Kim, it was even said that it did not enter the ‘document’. The central prosecutor’s office official denied the suspicion and said: “Of course, the parties that are significant in the investigation process and where evidence can be obtained are recorded in the file.”

If the prosecution summons and investigates the person interested in the case, it is supposed to be registered in some way. You should receive a report in the suspect’s newspaper or write an investigative report of the interview. If the content is meaningful, receive a document and leave it as an investigative interview report. Which of the two methods will be recorded depends on the judgment of the prosecutor. If the statement is significant and necessary as evidence, you will receive a file to give you the power of evidence. If not, go to the interview investigation report.

A senior prosecutor’s office official who requested anonymity said: “It reads that the investigation of suspected lobbying will be covered by not conducting further investigations into the situation in which the alleged lobbying statement and supporting documents have been submitted. “. Lee Gyu-cheol on the representative side of Kim said: “I know that Kim has never made a statement about suspected lobbying in relations in the prosecution.”

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