Particular prosecutors investigating allegations surrounding a lacking banknote strap head towards the Financial institution of Korea’s issuance division in central Seoul with a search-and-inspection warrant, Friday. Yonhap
A newly launched particular counsel staff searched the Financial institution of Korea (BOK) on Friday as a part of their investigation into allegations surrounding a lacking banknote strap, officers mentioned.
Particular counsel Ann Gweon-seob’s staff, which launched earlier this month, executed a search-and-inspection warrant on the BOK’s issuance division to test its manufacturing and administration of official banknotes.
The staff is tasked with investigating allegations surrounding the lacking banknote strap — first found by prosecutors in December final 12 months after they raided the house of a shaman implicated in a bribery case involving former first girl Kim Keon Hee.
The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors Workplace had secured bundles of money by way of the raid, together with the BOK’s sealed banknotes value 50 million gained ($33,900) however later misplaced the strap containing the banknotes’ figuring out info, such because the inspection date.
The prosecutors workplace has maintained the strap was misplaced accidentally when the banknotes have been being counted. It later transferred the case to particular counsel Min Joong-ki’s staff investigating corruption allegations surrounding the previous first girl.
The case drew suspicions of a cover-up, resulting in Justice Minister Jung Sung-ho’s resolution to launch a particular counsel investigation into the allegations.
