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Regarding the suspicion of lobbying the Optimus Fund, the prosecution is accelerating the investigation by successively seizing and searching public companies and related companies that have invested close to 100 billion won.
President Moon Jae-in has also ordered a thorough look at how public institutions invest in Optimus.
Reporter Kang Cheong-wan reports.
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prosecution confiscated and searched the office of the head of the Kyeongin Headquarters of the Korea Communications Agency.
Director Lee was the head of the Fund Management Division in 2017 and 2018 when the Radio Agency invested over 100 billion won in the Optimus Fund.
The Radio Agency invested 160 billion won in Optimus. In the process, it was revealed by the Ministry of Science and ICT audit that it violated internal regulations and did not properly confirm the investment in bad debt.
The prosecution is planning to check if there was any money lobbying in the fund investment process.
The prosecution is also pursuing former Optimus Alternative Investment CEO Chung Young-je, who is known to have been deeply involved in the investment process of the Radio Agency.
Jeong, who is known to have played the role of Optimus' lobbyist, disappeared when the prosecution investigation began.
The prosecution also seized and searched the Daeshin Securities headquarters, which was in charge of selling the fund at the time, and the Gangnam N Tower, where the offices of Optimus officials were located.
Gangnam N Tower is the place where TrustAll, which has been designated as an Optimus slush fund reservoir, and several corporations that have flowed into the fund, and the offices of those designated as key lobbyists.
In the midst of this, President Moon Jae-in instructed, "Apart from the prosecution's investigation, take a thorough look at the fund investment process by public institutions."