Prosecutors suspect influence over Hana Bank consortium in crisis
On the 27th, prosecutors investigating the Daejang-dong development lobbying and preferential treatment allegations summoned Kwak Sang-do (62), a former member of the National Assembly, who was suspected of severance pay of 5 billion won for his son.
According to the legal circles, the Seoul Central Prosecutor’s Office’s investigation team (team leader Kim Tae-hoon, 4th deputy chief prosecutor) has been secretly summoning and investigating former lawmaker Kwak as a suspect from 10 a.m. on the same day.
Former Rep. Kwak is accused of having his son Byeong-chae (31) get a job at Hwacheon Daeyu and then received 5 billion won in the name of his son’s severance pay in exchange for helping Hwacheon Daeyu, a developer of Daejang-dong, form a consortium with Hana Bank (according to the Special Price Act). receive an acknowledgment).
Prosecutors believe that when the Hana Bank consortium, in which Hwacheon Daewoo participates, was on the verge of collapse, former lawmaker Kwak exerted influence on Hana Financial Group at the request of Kim Man-bae (57, arrested), a major shareholder of Hwacheon Daeyu, a junior at Sungkyunkwan University.
On that day, the prosecution is said to be investigating the allegations against former lawmaker Kwak, including whether he first asked Kim for a portion of the profits from the Daejang-dong project and whether he exercised influence in the process of forming the consortium.
Prosecutors summoned Byeong-chae twice last month as a suspect for investigation.
Byeong-chae joined Hwacheon Daeyu in June 2015 and left the company in March of this year, causing controversy after receiving 5 billion won in severance pay and bonuses.
Excluding taxes, the actual amount received was about 2.8 billion won.
Prosecutors originally applied the charge of bribery under the Specific Crime Aggravated Punishment Act at the time of Kim Man-bae’s first arrest warrant request for this 5 billion won, but after further investigation, this month, when confiscating Kwak, former lawmaker Kwak was a mediator under the Aggravated Punishment Act for Specific Economic Crimes. changed the charge to
Former lawmaker Kwak, who served as the chief of public affairs at the Blue House, was the chairman of the Korea Legal Aid Corporation at the time of selecting the Daejang-dong business.
Accordingly, it is understood that the prosecution saw that it was not easy to prove job relevance or remuneration to apply the bribery allegation.
Prosecutors have already confirmed that 5 billion won has flowed from Mr. Kim to Kwak’s side after going through a fund tracing process, while Kwak denies all the charges. It also comes from the legal profession.
Prosecutors demanded compensation for 10 accounts of Byeong-chae to prevent Kwak from disposing of 5 billion won and received a freeze decision from the court.
Dissatisfied with the decision, former lawmaker Kwak has appealed.
The prosecution, which recently handed over the so-called ‘Daejang-dong 4 people’ to trial, including Kim Man-bae, Nam-wook (48), lawyer Nam-wook (48), Jeong Young-hak (53) accountant, and Yoo Dong-gyu (52), former head of planning at Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, ended the investigation into the allegation of lobbying. is accelerating to
The day before, he summoned former Special Prosecutor Park Young-soo (69) and Money Today Chairman Hong Seon-geun (62), both of whom are on the so-called ‘5 billion club’ list who had received or promised money from developers in Daejang-dong.
The police are also investigating allegations of political lobbying surrounding the Daejang-dong development project.
The Gyeonggi Nambu Police Agency’s investigation team (team leader Song Byeong-il) summoned former Seongnam City Council Chairman Choi Yoon-gil as a suspect the day before to investigate allegations of bribery.
Meanwhile, the case reported by the People’s Power in connection with the allegation that presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea gave preferential treatment during the development of Baekhyeon-dong, Bundang during his time as Seongnam Mayor was transferred from the Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office to the Seongnam Branch of the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office.
On the 25th, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office transferred the case to the Seongnam District Office, which has jurisdiction over candidate Lee’s residence, etc.
The Gyeonggi Nambu Office will investigate in accordance with the police and prosecutor’s agreement to divide the scope of the ongoing investigation into several branches.
/yunhap news
