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Two key figures of the Lime Asset Management situation, which caused more than 1 trillion won of damage to investors, were caught by the police. This is the former star vice president of Lee Jong-pil and former Bong-hyun Kim, the former president of Lime.

Reporter Lee Hyun-young.

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Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency arrested former vice president of Lime Asset Management Lee Jong-pil, who was hiding in a villa in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul last night (23rd).

Former Vice President Lee led the operation and planning of the Lime Fund and was the key person who caused the fund to stop repurchase of KRW 1.6 trillion.

At the same time, the police also captured former star mobility president Kim Bong-hyun, who was hiding in a villa where former vice president was hiding.

In late December, Kim also filed for a warrant for arrest by the police for alleged embezzlement of 16.1 billion won from a bus company, Suwon, in late December.

The police formed a team of about 20 professional arresters, and after a few days of incubation, entered the arrest operation yesterday evening, and the former vice president and chairman Kim are known to have resisted strongly during the arrest process.

In particular, Chairman Kim was the first known person in the world since he appeared as 'Chairman' to solve the lime situation in the recording file reported by SBS last month.

Subsequently, the charges against the late arrest of Kim Mo-gyun, the former president of the Blue House, were charged with receiving 50 million won of bribes and information related to the Financial Supervisory Service for Lime.

In addition, it was found that Lee Jong-pil was deeply involved in the evasion process of the former vice president.

The police are investigating their specific escaping process, then applying for a warrant for arrest, and examining ways to hand over the recruits to the prosecution.

As two key figures of the Lime crisis are arrested, the suspicion that the alleged mismanagement of the Lime fund and the lobbying of the prosecution's political relationship for murdering the case are expected to take a rapid turn.