[Interview file] Vault keeper who overturned to Korea... Seongtae Kim's 'Achilles Heel'

Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party leader, and the suspicion of corruption of the twin drops group continue to stick around.

Recently, through a YouTube broadcast, CEO Lee said, "I've never seen Kim Seong-tae

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This representative's claim may not be false.

It is very difficult to explain or prove that it is not.

If it really isn't.

However, considering the fact that CEO Lee made a statement to the effect that he did not know Kim Moon-ki, former head of the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, when the suspicion of corruption in favor of the development of Daejang-dong was in full swing, questions about the credibility of Lee's explanation and claim are bound to remain.

"There is no direct link between Lee Jae-myung and Kim Seong-tae"

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Although the information available to the media is limited compared to the investigative agencies, it is understood that there is no direct link between CEO Lee Jae-myeong and former Ssangbangul Chairman Kim Seong-tae, considering all the circumstances that have been revealed so far as objectively as possible.

If there really are things that can be the link, it will be revealed someday in the future, but in light of what has not been known so far, the possibility of a direct connection between the two characters is judged to be low.

When CEO Lee said that he did not know former manager Moon-ki Kim, Dong-gyu Yoo, former head of the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, responded by pointing to CEO Lee and saying, "Cowardly."

He even showed a violent appearance, saying, "I will dry it slowly and kill it."

On the other hand, no one has yet appeared to refute Lee's claim of 'I don't know Kim Seong-tae' with facts, or no one has presented circumstantial evidence to refute it.

It is said that former Chairman Kim has revealed to his aides several times that he has no relationship with CEO Lee Jae-myung.

The investigative agency also judges that Lee Jae-myeong and Kim Seong-tae are not directly related.

To be precise, the 'character-to-person relationship' of CEO Lee Jae-myeong and former chairman Kim Seong-tae is not the main investigation.

Choi Seo-won (old name Choi Soon-sil) and Lee Jae-yong, chairman of Samsung Electronics, are aware of each other's existence, but they were not strictly acquainted.

However, Samsung company money flowed into Mr. Choi or Mr. Choi's side.

In the end, the key is the flow of funds from the Ssangbangwool Group, which was acquired by Kim Seong-tae.

"Kim Seong-tae, I won't open Pandora's box first"

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In the end, the reason why the 'Lee Jae-myeong-Ssangbangwool (Kim Seong-tae)' issue continues to stick is the answer to the suspicious flow of funds in the Ssangbangwool group.

When Lee Jae-myung, the representative gay representative, was tried for violating the Public Official Election Act when he was governor of Gyeonggi-do in 2018, the Ssangbangwool Group delivered a large amount of fees to Mr. A, Lee's lawyer.

Did the funds on the side of the double drop really flow to Mr. A?

I directly asked Mr. A about the price he received for attorney fees related to the alleged violation of the Representative Public Official Election Act.

Mr. A replied to the reporter's question, "I received 12.1 million won from CEO Lee, including VAT."

Then he asked back, "Why is Ssangbangul paying my fees?"

An attorney in Seocho-dong commented, "Attorney fees are somewhat unusual and not common sense."

That's right.

Suspicion of the payment of attorney's fees was raised by the question of these 'unusual lawyer's fees' and the question left by 'Ssangbangul's suspicious flow of funds'.

12.1 million won is by no means a small amount of money, but it is a relatively low amount compared to the fees that Mr. A's fellow lawyers receive for similar cases.

Mr. A also added an explanation to the purpose of defending Lee, saying to the reporters, "When you are living as a lawyer, politicians and entertainers tend to pay (fees) squeeze."

Mr. A strongly denied the allegation that he received more than 2 billion won in convertible bonds (CB) rather than cash in the name of case fees, etc., saying, "It is an excessively inflated lie."

Despite numerous suspicions and doubts, there is no clear evidence yet known to support the reasonable suspicion that 'Mr. A cannot have received only 12.1 million won', that is, 'he must have received an additional monetary payment other than 12.1 million won from Ssangbangbang'. .

However, regarding the authenticity of the funds allegedly delivered by the Ssangbangwool group to Mr. A, the Suwon District Prosecutor's Office does not rule out the possibility that the CB was delivered.

The investigation team believes that it is necessary to hear the position of former chairman Kim Seong-tae in order to determine whether or not the money suspected of being a bribe was delivered.

On the 17th, the investigative team will be able to directly hear former Chairman Kim's statement.

Former Chairman Kim recently decided to return to Korea and said,

He informed the press before returning home through his lawyer and his aides.

Former Chairman Kim recently appointed a lawyer from a large law firm from Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do, and is fully prepared.

This lawyer said, "I was appointed at the request of the family of former chairman Kim Seong-tae."

If you listen to the explanations of former chairman Kim's lawyer, etc., it is unlikely that former chairman Kim will speak smoothly even if he returns to Korea.

Listening to the stories of people in the legal profession, it is predicted that former Chairman Kim will first deny the 'suspicion of payment of attorney's fees', which is the link with CEO Lee Jae-myung.

In a situation where the prosecution's investigation is ongoing for a considerable period of time, if former chairman Kim denies the suspicion and continues with an ignorant strategy, the prosecution's ability to reveal the substantive truth can be quite limited.

The general outlook in the legal world is that former chairman Kim will not open Pandora's box first unless the prosecution presents a really good 'smoking gun' against former chairman Kim Seong-tae in relation to the suspicion of paying attorney fees in the course of this investigation. is.

In the case of the suspicion of remittance to North Korea, Lee Hwa-young, former Vice-Governor of Peace in Gyeonggi-do, and Ahn Bu-soo, former president of the Asia-Pacific Peace Exchange Association, were handed over to trial in custody, and former chairman Kim Seong-tae was listed as an accomplice in the indictment, so it is expected that it will be possible to prove the charges to some extent. I see.

In the course of the investigation, it is highly likely that they will partially admit to charges of violating the Capital Markets Act or embezzlement and breach of trust in order to prevent the suspension of transactions of the Ssangbangwool Group and related companies.

In the end, in order to uncover the reality of various suspicions related to the Ssangbangwool group, it is necessary to listen to the statement of a 'safety keeper' who is familiar with the group's fund flow.

Why did the vault keeper reverse his trip to Korea?

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The official title of this vault keeper, as is known, is Mr. Kim, the head of the Ssangbangwool Group's financial headquarters.

A police official expressed the relationship between former chairman Kim and Mr. Kim, "Because former chairman Kim entrusted secret work to Mr. Kim, if you look closely, only one of the two cannot die."

Prosecutors believe that Kim was involved in the delivery of funds related to suspicion of remittance to North Korea and payment of attorney fees.

He may have been actively involved in the design, rather than involved.

Then, Mr. Kim fled abroad at the same time as former Chairman Kim, but was caught by the police before former Chairman Kim Seong-tae.

Mr. Kim was arrested by Thai police in early December of last year and is detained as an untried prisoner in Pattaya Detention Center.

He insists that he is not staying illegally and is undergoing a trial denying extradition to the country.

Then, within a month, former chairman Kim Seong-tae was arrested.

What is noteworthy is that Mr. Kim's position, who heard the news after former Chairman Kim was caught, changed and changed again.

Reports confirmed that Mr. Kim, who had been in a trial for refusing to return to Korea for about a month, decided to return to Korea after hearing the news of the arrest of former Chairman Kim.

Both Korean and Thai authorities are aware of this fact.

However, Mr. Kim, who had decided to return to Korea, suddenly reversed his intention to return to Korea the day before yesterday (13th), just a few days later.

Investigative authorities understand that there was an external influence, not Kim's psychological factor.

It is a significant fact at this juncture that Mr. Kim has reversed his intention to return due to external influences rather than internal factors.

It is highly likely that Mr. Kim initially responded to the persuasion of Mr. Kim's acquaintances in Korea or the forces to help Mr. Kim, but then reversed his trip to Korea after being threatened by someone.

As a result, Mr. Kim has returned to the position of 'I do not want to return' on the outside as of the present point.

From the point of view of the Korean prosecutors and police, the painstaking work has gone in vain.

Of course, it is meaningful to repatriate and investigate only former Chairman Kim, but compared to the goal, there are evaluations saying, 'Isn't it a regrettable, half-repatriation?'

In fact, this is not the first time Mr. Kim has attempted to return home.

Previously, even a month before his arrest in December of last year, Mr. Kim had first conveyed his opinion to the effect of 'I want to return to Korea and be investigated' to the Korean investigative authorities through his lawyer and helpers.

This behavior of the suspect fleeing abroad must mean that he has something to say.

It is interpreted that they are continuing to send signals to reveal something that has not yet been revealed.

The South Korean investigative authorities have closely and meticulously managed this vault keeper, Mr. Kim.

There were several situations in which the investigation team was able to repatriate Kim and former chairman Kim to Korea together to solve the puzzle.

But as a result, I missed it right in front of my nose, and it was canceled every time.

The vault keeper won't come in, can't come in

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Based on these various circumstances, it is reasonable to assume that Kim, the vault keeper, is not coming in due to external factors.

In early December of last year, former Chairman Kim showed a very anxious reaction to the news of the arrest of Mr. Kim, a safe keeper. ").

After Kim's arrest, former chairman Kim suffered from anxiety throughout his life on the run.

It seems that he was greatly concerned about the double drop money flow and the money delivery method being known through Mr. Kim's mouth.

If former chairman Kim had heard the news about Mr. Kim's return, he would have been very anxious this time, and it is judged that the degree of anxiety would have been stronger than the situation when Mr. Kim was first arrested.

Whether it was former Chairman Kim or former Chairman Kim's side that put external pressure on Mr. Kim is a limited part to confirm in the coverage area.

It is not the main stream of investigation, but it is a problem that the investigative agency can fully reveal.

At least, '

' is something that anyone who is close to former Chairman Kim's side or close to him should know.

This is because, from the perspective of former Chairman Kim, the scope for negotiations with the investigation team is greatly reduced.

Former Chairman Kim is not letting go of the string of negotiations with the prosecution investigation team.

Although the suspect and the prosecutor are not facing each other in the investigation room, it seems that they are already fighting a fierce number fight outside the premises.

If you listen to the lawyer industry, it is said that former Chairman Kim tried to convey his intention to 'want to negotiate with the investigation team' through lawyers he was close to.

He must have weighed the good or bad to what extent he should open his mouth.

Former Chairman Kim has discussed these matters through lawyers and tried to sound out the Suwon District Prosecutor's Office, but it is said that nothing has been officially received by the investigation team.

I can't say that there is, but there is.

Such former Chairman Kim said to Mr. Kim through a third party,

It is not for nothing that rumors that he conveyed his intention are now floating quite openly.

From the standpoint of former Chairman Kim Seong-tae, it is best for Mr. Kim, who designed all the money flows, to keep his mouth shut.

For former chairman Kim Seong-tae, the vault keeper Mr. Kim is the most 'sore finger' and 'Achilles heel'.

We were once close, but we have already crossed rivers, and we cannot be far apart even if we want to be apart.

People who undertake high-risk activities, such as offering money, will instinctively leave evidence.

It is highly likely that Mr. Kim also left evidence.

Attention is focused on the news of former chairman Kim Seong-tae's repatriation to Korea.

A prosecution official from the Finance and Economy District Prosecutor's Office said, "There are often cases where there is nothing to eat at a rumored party. From the perspective of the investigation team trying to uncover the reality of various suspicions related to the Ssangbangwool group, it is important to secure Mr. Kim's statement as well. Otherwise, former Chairman Kim I don't think the possibility of making this meaningful statement is high."