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last year until recently, it was confirmed that 4 trillion won of suspicious money had flown to foreign countries through domestic banks.

Most of them were found to have flowed from cryptocurrency exchanges, but the government has started to check whether other banks have more of this money.



First of all, this is reporter Kim Jung-woo.



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The total amount of suspicious funds identified by the Financial Supervisory Service until today (27th) is 4.1 trillion won.



From February of last year to July of this year, 2.5 trillion won through Shinhan Bank and 1.6 trillion won through Woori Bank went to Hong Kong, Japan and China.



The money owners used the accounts of the trading companies to commit the crime.



By claiming to be importing precious metals and semiconductors, you deceived the bank.



A total of 22 companies were mobilized, and there were several companies represented by relatives, and in some cases, money was sent mixed with actual trade proceeds.



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[Lee Junsu / Vice President of the Financial Supervisory Service: For corporations that have made foreign exchange remittance transactions, such as one person concurrently serving as an executive of several corporations, we are focusing on identifying the reality of the transaction by verifying the source of evidence for the remittance funds…

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Most of the 4 trillion won in the problem funds came from domestic cryptocurrency exchanges.



The identity of the money owners is first raised as a possibility that they are speculators aiming for the so-called kimchi premium.



In the case of Bitcoin last year, as the investment craze was blowing, it traded more than 20% more expensively in Korea than abroad.



People who aimed at this point may have bought cheap virtual currency from an overseas exchange, sent it to the Korean exchange, sold it, and stole the money overseas.



All banks are looking at an additional 7 trillion won in international remittances in the first half of this year.



(Video coverage: Kim Won-bae, Video editing: Park Sun-sun)