South Korean prosecutors charge 20 people for illegally profiting $170 million from the cryptocurrency "kimchi premium."

2023-01-19 21:18:14

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ChainCatcher news, South Korean prosecutors have indicted 20 individuals for illegally remitting approximately 40 trillion won (about 3.2 billion USD) overseas, and for illegally profiting up to 210 billion won (about 17 million USD) from the cryptocurrency kimchi premium. South Korean officials have filed for detention against 11 of them, while the other 9 have not been detained.

The defendants transferred funds to other countries and purchased cryptocurrencies by disguising them as foreign trade payments through 256 South Korean bank accounts between January 2021 and August 2022, and then sold the cryptocurrencies at high prices in South Korea. Prosecutors stated that given the kimchi premium rate was as high as 5% at the time of the violations, they are currently executing the procedure to confiscate a total of 13.1 billion won (about 10.6 million USD). (source link)

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