The special prosecutor's office announced that it is conducting searches at 13 locations, including SAMBU Construction, related to the stock trading misconduct case on the morning of the 3rd.
On this day, the special prosecutor's office is carrying out searches at a total of 13 locations, including SAMBU Construction DYD, which is under suspicion of violating the Capital Markets Act (fraudulent misconduct). This is the first compulsory investigation initiated by the special prosecutor's office among several targets related to this case.
According to the special prosecutor's office, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) notified the Korea Exchange of related suspicions in September of last year, leading to an investigation. Subsequently, in April, the Financial Services Commission filed a complaint with the prosecution based on the results of the investigation, and the Southern District Prosecutors' Office in Seoul, which received the case, directed the investigation by the FSS's special judicial police.
The special prosecutor's office received this case from the FSS in June and conducted the search on this day.
Regarding the selection of SAMBU Construction as the first target for compulsory investigation, the special prosecutor's office said, 'It was the most prepared first,' adding that 'the case with the greatest public interest was a major criterion.'