On Friday, a delegation of lawmakers from
South Korea’s ruling Folks Energy Get together (PPP) performed a go to to the workplace of Wemade, the
issuer of play-to-earn (P2E) cryptocurrency, Wemix. The go to is a part of an ongoing investigation into the crypto holdings of Kim Nam-kuk, former opposition get together and now-independent lawmaker, native media Yonhap stories.
Kim reportedly had about 800,000 WEMIX cash price about six billion received ($4.5 million) in his crypto pockets between January and February 2022. The lawmaker is alleged to have withdrawn his coin holding earlier than South Korea applied world anti-cash laundering physique Monetary Motion Activity Power’s (FAFT) journey rule in March final yr. The rule calls for that crypto exchanges document and report private knowledge on transactions that exceed a sure threshold.
South Korean prosecutors beforehand mentioned they failed at securing a warrant to look at the lawmaker’s monetary information. Nonetheless, prosecutors earlier within the week raided Upbit and Bithumb, two native cryptocurrency exchanges the place Kim is claimed to have maintained his digital wallets.
On Sunday, the embattled lawmaker resigned from the primary opposition Democratic Get together, forcing the get together to droop their ethics inquiry and fact-finding probe into Kim’s actions. In response, PPP disclosed plans to launch an inside activity drive to investigation the previous opposition lawmaker.
Within the newest information from PPP, the ruling get together’s particular investigative group,
which consists of get together representatives Kim Sung-won, Yun Chang-hyun, Park
Hyeung-soo, and Choi Hyung-du and a gaggle of exterior specialists, held
a gathering with Chang Hyun-guk, CEO of Wemade Co. The assembly was held on the crypto issuer’s headquarters
and sought to collect essential data pertaining to alleged crypto transfers made by Kim.
Yonhap stories that the go to to Wemade’s
workplace was prompted by suspicions that the corporate might have influenced Kim
by means of the supply of Wemix cash to him for free of charge, with the expectation of
having fun with his legislative assist for the P2E trade. Nonetheless, Chang denied the allegation, stating
that his firm by no means offered free Wemix cash to Kim by means of airdrops or
non-public gross sales.
Moreover, the CEO famous that it might be practically “inconceivable”
to deposit the 800,000 Wemix cash attributed to Kim by means of such strategies.
On Friday, a delegation of lawmakers from
South Korea’s ruling Folks Energy Get together (PPP) performed a go to to the workplace of Wemade, the
issuer of play-to-earn (P2E) cryptocurrency, Wemix. The go to is a part of an ongoing investigation into the crypto holdings of Kim Nam-kuk, former opposition get together and now-independent lawmaker, native media Yonhap stories.
Kim reportedly had about 800,000 WEMIX cash price about six billion received ($4.5 million) in his crypto pockets between January and February 2022. The lawmaker is alleged to have withdrawn his coin holding earlier than South Korea applied world anti-cash laundering physique Monetary Motion Activity Power’s (FAFT) journey rule in March final yr. The rule calls for that crypto exchanges document and report private knowledge on transactions that exceed a sure threshold.
South Korean prosecutors beforehand mentioned they failed at securing a warrant to look at the lawmaker’s monetary information. Nonetheless, prosecutors earlier within the week raided Upbit and Bithumb, two native cryptocurrency exchanges the place Kim is claimed to have maintained his digital wallets.
On Sunday, the embattled lawmaker resigned from the primary opposition Democratic Get together, forcing the get together to droop their ethics inquiry and fact-finding probe into Kim’s actions. In response, PPP disclosed plans to launch an inside activity drive to investigation the previous opposition lawmaker.
Within the newest information from PPP, the ruling get together’s particular investigative group,
which consists of get together representatives Kim Sung-won, Yun Chang-hyun, Park
Hyeung-soo, and Choi Hyung-du and a gaggle of exterior specialists, held
a gathering with Chang Hyun-guk, CEO of Wemade Co. The assembly was held on the crypto issuer’s headquarters
and sought to collect essential data pertaining to alleged crypto transfers made by Kim.
Yonhap stories that the go to to Wemade’s
workplace was prompted by suspicions that the corporate might have influenced Kim
by means of the supply of Wemix cash to him for free of charge, with the expectation of
having fun with his legislative assist for the P2E trade. Nonetheless, Chang denied the allegation, stating
that his firm by no means offered free Wemix cash to Kim by means of airdrops or
non-public gross sales.
Moreover, the CEO famous that it might be practically “inconceivable”
to deposit the 800,000 Wemix cash attributed to Kim by means of such strategies.
