Gochim Moderator Kim Seong-tae’s entry into the country is imminent… Suspicion of payment of attorney fees, etc…

Kim Seong-tae’s arrival is imminent… Investigations such as ‘suspicion of paying lawyer’s fees’ seem to be speeding up
Suspicion of leading and directing various corruptions related to Ssangbangbang, such as money, embezzlement and remittance to North Korea
An arrest warrant was issued last year… Prosecutors expect to seek arrest warrant within 48 hours of entry

As it is known that the repatriation of Kim Seong-tae, former chairman of Ssangbangul Group, who was arrested in Thailand while fleeing abroad, is imminent, the investigation into various suspicions related to Ssangbangwool, which has been divided into several branches, is expected to accelerate.

According to the legal community on the 12th, Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office 6th Division (Chief Prosecutor Yu Min-jong) plans to investigate the suspect as soon as Kim, who was caught at a golf course in Pathum Thani, Thailand on the 10th, enters the country soon.

Prosecutors had previously issued an arrest warrant from the court prior to requesting an Interpol red notice for former chairman Kim last year.

For this reason, an arrest warrant must be requested to secure new recruits within 48 hours of former Chairman Kim entering the country through Incheon International Airport.

The charges once morest Kim include embezzlement under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes, breach of trust, violation of the Capital Markets Act, and destruction of evidence.

The prosecution, which believes that former chairman Kim, the actual owner of the Ssangbangwool Group, led or instructed all related charges and suspicions, is expected to confirm the reality of major charges and suspicions with former chairman Kim one by one.

The prosecution previously requested a warrant request for former Ssangbangwool Financial Officer (CFO) A, etc. It is known that it was pointed out that such an illegal act was ordered by former chairman Kim.

In addition, prosecutors believe that former chairman Kim led the suspicion of remittance to North Korea, in which Ssangbangwool mobilized dozens of executives and employees, including affiliates, before and following 2019 to smuggle 6.4 million dollars (approximately 7.2 billion won at the exchange rate at the time) to China and deliver it to North Korea.

In fact, former chairman Kim was listed as an accomplice in suspicion of remittance to North Korea in the indictment of Ahn Bu-soo, chairman of the Asia-Pacific Peace Exchange Association, who was arrested and indicted for charges such as embezzlement and violation of the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act.

Above all, a statement from former chairman Kim is needed to clarify the allegation of the payment of attorney fees by Democratic Party leader Lee, who is drawing attention from the political world.

The suspicion of payment of attorney fees is that a large amount of fees were paid in the form of convertible bonds from the Ssangbangwool Group to the lawyers in charge of the 2018 Public Official Election Act violation case when Lee was in office as governor of Gyeonggi-do.

Prosecutors are also expected to question the suspicion that the convertible bonds used to pay commissions came from a company called Good Man Invest, which former chairman Kim actually owned.

Meanwhile, former chairman Kim along with current chairman Yang Seon-gil of Ssangbangwool were caught by the local immigration team at a golf course in Pathum Thani, Thailand at 7:30 pm (5:30 pm local time) on the 10th.

A Thai court sentenced former chairman Kim to a fine, who expressed his intention to ‘voluntarily return’ this followingnoon, and the Immigration Office is said to be in the process of deportation.

Former Chairman Kim is expected to arrive in Korea on the 13th or 14th at the earliest by air.

/yunhap news