South Korean prosecutors have raided two of the country’s largest coin trading platforms within an investigation into the crypto investments of a politician. They seized materials from Upbit and Bithumb amid suspicions of wrongdoing related to the lawmaker’s cryptocurrency holdings.
South Korean Law Enforcement Authorities Check Records From 3 Crypto Platforms
Investigators from the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office raided two leading domestic digital asset exchanges on Monday as part of an investigation launched in response to a growing scandal with the suspicious crypto dealings of an opposition lawmaker.
Kim Nam-kuk, a first-term member of South Korea’s National Assembly, came under fire following revelations that he owned around 800,000 Wemix coins in 2021, worth around 6 billion won (US$4.5 million) at the time. On Sunday, he quit the Democratic Party.
Transaction records and other materials have been seized from the exchanges Upbit and Bithumb as well as Kakao
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