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Prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for Kwon Do-hyung, the CEO of the issuer of the cryptocurrency Luna Terra, and have started securing new recruits.
In order to invite Kwon, who is abroad, to Korea, his passport will be invalidated and he will also send a red request to Interpol.
Reporter Ha Jeong-yeon will tell you about this.
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The prosecution recently issued an arrest warrant for six people, including CEO Kwon Do-hyung, founding member of Terraform Labs Nicholas Platias, and CEO Han Mo of Tchai Corporation, an affiliate of Terraform Labs.
The prosecution applied them to the charge of violating the Capital Market Act.
First of all, the investigation team determined that the cryptocurrency Luna and Terra are 'investment contract securities' under the Capital Market Act.
Investment contract securities are types of securities in which money is invested in a joint project in the expectation of a profit, and the payment is received according to the result.
In the meantime, virtual assets were not subject to the Capital Market Act as they were not recognized as having securities properties like stocks. has been issued.
Prosecutors believe that they committed 'fraudulent and fraudulent transactions' under the Capital Market Act, such as not conducting actual joint projects.
Earlier, in a recent interview with foreign media, Kwon said that he had never been contacted by a Korean investigator, and that it was difficult for him to make a decision to return to Korea.
It is known that the prosecution will proceed with procedures such as Interpol red wanted and passport invalidation to secure new recruits as Kwon and the suspects are staying abroad.
(Video editing: Lee So-young)