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The investigation is ongoing as suspicious funds are leaking overseas through domestic banks, and the prosecution is investigating and arresting a former branch manager of Woori Bank.

It is the first time that a bank official has been implicated in a suspicion of illegal overseas remittances exceeding 9 trillion won.



This is an exclusive report by reporter Ahn Hee-jae. 



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Prosecutors and investigators of the Daegu District Prosecutors' Office stormed the headquarters of Woori Bank in Seoul.



A former branch manager who was involved in the suspicion of large-scale illegal overseas remittances was seized and searched.



As a result of SBS coverage, the prosecution found that Mr. A was involved in the illegal remittance process and executed an arrest warrant for violating the banking law.



It is also known that Mr. A is also accused of notifying the company when the prosecution, who caught the abnormal transaction situation, requested related information from the bank.



There have been times when business operators who made illegal money transfers with false documents as if they were imported goods were arrested, but this is the first time that the involvement of a bank insider has been revealed.



Earlier, the financial authorities discovered that the amount of 'suspicious funds' that went overseas through Korean banks, including Woori and Shinhan Bank, exceeded $6.5 billion.



Based on today's (21st) exchange rate, it is over 9 trillion won.



Most of them are transferred from the domestic virtual asset exchange to the trading company's account and then with the name of the transaction amount, etc., the authorities judge that they were aiming for the 'kimchi premium', where the domestic virtual currency market is traded more expensively than in foreign countries.



[Lee Bok-hyeon/Director of the Financial Supervisory Service (Last July): We will quickly reveal the overall picture of the illegal sun (act) and take prompt measures to pass the punishment on to those responsible.]



Reasons for difficulty in verifying the authenticity of documentary evidence However, the prosecution has not ruled out the possibility of another bank official's involvement as each bank has a large amount of illegal remittances.



(Video coverage: Seol Min-hwan, video editing: Hwang Ji-young)