Lawyer Lee Jong-geun, the husband of former Chief Prosecutor Park Eun-jung, the No. 1 candidate for proportional representation of the National Reform Party, was in charge of the ‘Virtual Currency Countermeasures Task Force’ during the Moon Jae-in administration, but after retiring as chief prosecutor, he took on a case related to coin fraud worth 2.8 trillion won. When this paper’s report came out, he said, “I have never defended a coin fraud case worth 2 trillion won.”
Attorney Lee Jong-geun and Park Eun-jung, the first candidate for proportional representation for the Fatherland Innovation Party, are married./Law Office Stairs·News 1
On the 29th, lawyer Lee posted a statement titled ‘I am lawyer Jong-geun Lee’ on candidate Eun-jeong Park’s Facebook page. He said, “I express regret for the malicious reporting by some media outlets, including reporting false facts even though I did not defend the 2 trillion won coin fraud case.” At the same time, he said, “We will immediately take legal action on charges of spreading false information and defamation by publishing false information under the Public Official Election Act.”
However, in the legal world, it is pointed out that “even though this lawyer knows the structure of the V Global case, he is responding in a way that cleverly avoids the main point. In fact, it is the same case.” The main story of the ‘V Global Coin Fraud’ case is that 2.8 trillion won was stolen from about 50,000 investors by promising a 300% return if they invested in ‘V Cash’, a coin issued by V Global. Mr. Lee, CEO of V Global company, was arrested and indicted on charges of fraud and other charges in July 2021 (first case), and is serving 25 years in prison after being sentenced to 25 years in prison by the Supreme Court in January last year.
According to this paper’s coverage on the 30th, the person that lawyer Lee Jong-geun is representing in relation to this case is Mr. Kwak, the representative of a V Global affiliate. Separately from the V Global executives who had already been sentenced in the ‘first case’, Mr. Kwak was arrested and indicted on charges of embezzlement and concealing criminal proceeds in July 2023 (second case). Mr. Kwak is accused of embezzling 6.3 billion won from V Global’s criminal profits as a distributor when setting up Company A, a ‘money laundering’ company disguised as a luxury goods importer. The 6.3 billion won that Mr. Kwak is said to have been involved in embezzling is part of the profits that Mr. Lee, the CEO of V Global, earned through fraud and other crimes. Mr. Kwak was defended by lawyer Lee during the first trial and was released on bail in December of last year and is currently being tried without detention.
The Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office, which investigated the V Global case, said in a press release issued at the time of arresting and indicting Mr. Kwak in July last year, “Company A, an affiliated company operated with funds from ‘V Global’, a fraud company under the guise of investing in virtual assets worth approximately 2 trillion won. “We indicted Mr. Kwak, a former organized crime member, on charges of embezzlement, who was involved in embezzling approximately 6.3 billion won in funds through transactions of false goods,” he said. The prosecution officially announced that Company A is ‘an affiliated company operated with funds from V Global, a fraud company under the pretense of investing in virtual assets worth approximately 2 trillion won.’
An official from the legal community said, “Even though Mr. Kwak’s crime is related to the crime of Mr. Lee, the CEO of V Global, this lawyer misled the essence by issuing a statement saying that he was not related to the 2 trillion won coin fraud case,” and “63 coins that Mr. Kwak is said to have stolen.” He said, “The billion won is part of the fraudulent amount that V Global stole from the victims.” A former prosecutor said, “It appears that this lawyer tried to reduce the size of the case he took on in order to escape the current controversial situation,” and added, “It is true that Mr. Kwak’s case, which this lawyer defends, began with the V Global fraud case worth 2 trillion won. “He said.
In a statement issued that day, lawyer Lee said, “I have decided to resign from all controversial cases,” and “I feel sorry regardless of the reason.” Regarding this, one victim said, “For the first time, this lawyer apologized for taking over his case and foreshadowed legal action, but the sincerity of that is questionable.”
This lawyer was contacted by this newspaper several times on this day, but he did not respond. Even after the statement was issued that day, he contacted us to inquire about the defense of the case, but the phone call was ignored and not answered.
2024-03-30 01:05:35
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