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The prosecution, which incorporates 18 prosecutors, will form a full-scale investigation team dedicated to suspected political and relationship lobbying and will begin a full-scale investigation. President Moon Jae-in was also instructed to actively cooperate with the prosecution’s investigation into allegations of corruption in power, such as the Lime and Optimus incident. It should be noted that the prosecution’s investigation into the passport, which had been subjected to a “suspected crush”, has been saved from a sudden rush.
On the 14th, the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office said, “For a comprehensive investigation of the general corruption related to Optimus Asset Management, a dedicated investigation team consisting of 18 prosecutors was formed.” The existing investigative staff, including nine prosecutors from the Economic Crimes Criminal Division, the Anti-Corruption Investigation Department, and the Crime Profits Recovery Department, included five prosecutors posted to other agencies and four internally recruited by central district prosecutors. The Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office added: “As various suspicions have been raised, including lobbying by politicians and relations (related to Optimus), it was suggested to recruit investigative staff for the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office on 25 last month, and the team of investigation was reorganized according to the final approval of the Ministry of Justice. ” On that day, the Ministry of Justice announced that it had approved the dispatch of five prosecutors, including professional financial accounting prosecutors, to the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office. It is known that Daejeon District Attorney Choi Jae-soon (42, 37th Judicial Research and Training Institute), Gwangju District Attorney Choi Jong-hyuk (42/36), and Cheongju District Attorney , Kim Chang-seop (43/37), were sent to Park Young-soo’s special inspection team. On the 12th, Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol (60/23) also denounced the status of the investigation by the Economic and Criminal Crimes Division of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office (Chief Prosecutor Joo Min-cheol) and ordered a significant increase in research team.
The expansion of the investigation team is interpreted as a measure to dispel the suspicion of an insolvent investigation. Recently, some criticized the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office for being passive in investigating suspected lobbying in political relations by obtaining documents containing the lobbying circumstances, such as the ‘Problem Solving Documents’ written by Optimus in June, and report to President Yun after death. . This case was initially handled by the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office, but was reassigned to the Department of Economic Crimes and Crime after a regular greeting from the prosecution in September. The Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office said: “We will investigate all related allegations, such as background and use of funds, in accordance with laws and principles, without any further consideration.” On that day, the investigation team said, “We seized and searched the home of the former director of the Financial Supervision Service, Yoon Mo, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, and summoned him, who was suspected of receiving money the day before.”
The prosecution is known to have investigated charges of receiving money in exchange for introducing officials of financial institutions such as Hana Bank, the trustee of the Optimus Fund, to the Optimus administration by former director Yoon (President’s material under the Weighted Penalty Act for Specific Economic Crimes). Optimus CEO Kim Jae-hyun is said to have made a statement intending to hand over tens of millions of won to former Director Yun during the prosecution’s investigation.
The prosecution plans to summon an employee of Hana Bank, who was responsible for consigning the fund sooner or later. Director Yoon Jeon was arrested on charges of receiving tens of millions of won in exchange for mediating preferential loans to companies and reducing disciplinary measures by the FSS. At his first trial in July, he was given prison parole and is undergoing an appeal trial.
On that day, President Moon instructed the Blue House to actively cooperate with the prosecution’s investigation to resolve the suspicion that the Blue House and other passport personnel were involved between Optimus and Lime Asset Management. Consequently, the Blue House plans to submit a request for access to records related to investigations such as Lime Asset Management by the prosecution. The Blue House explained that closed circuit television (CC) records at that time did not exist after the retention period. According to Casa Azul, the conservation period is 3 months for important installations and 1 month for other installations. The reason President Moon ordered cooperation in the investigation that day was due to the ruling that the suspected involvement of passport staff and the Blue House needed to be resolved immediately. This is because if suspicion grows in a situation where the opposition is making an offensive at the end of its term as a “power-type door”, it could seriously damage the functioning of state affairs.
Previously, the prosecution requested the access log and CCTV log of former Star Mobility CEO Lee Kang-se in July, but the Blue House refused to release it in accordance with the ‘Public Institutions Information Disclosure Act ‘. A key Blue House official said: “It is included in the objective of non-disclosure of information stipulated in article 9 of the Law of disclosure of institutional public information.
Regarding the Lime Asset Management situation, former politician Ki-jeong Kang has raised a suspicion. Former Star Mobility President Kim Bong-Hyun, the main culprit in the Lime incident, gave testimony to the effect that ‘I know 50 million won has been given to former boss Kang through the former Star Mobility CEO, Kang-se Lee ‘in court. Former Boss Kang strongly denies the allegations of giving and receiving money. In relation to the Optimus incident, there are suspicions of the involvement of former Blue House administrator Lee Mo, the wife of Optimus’s director Yoon Seok-ho, who was charged with arrest.
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