[단독]Suspicion of information leak from current director of Financial Supervisory Service, search and seizure of Meritz executives

2024-04-18 00:02:32

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Determination of contact with Meritz executives from the Financial Supervisory Service
Meritz said, “No information leak has been confirmed.”

It was confirmed on the 16th that the police investigating suspicions of leakage of internal information from the Financial Supervisory Service conducted a search and seizure of an executive of an affiliate of Meritz Financial Group, who was formerly from the Financial Supervisory Service. The police believe that a current executive at the Financial Supervisory Service was in contact with the executive at a time when he is suspected of leaking information, and are investigating the details.

According to Dong-A Ilbo’s coverage, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s anti-corruption investigation unit seized items belonging to Mr. B, an executive of an affiliate of Meritz Financial, in the process of investigating Mr. A, the current director, on charges of leaking internal information of the Financial Supervisory Service to another financial company (violation of the Financial Services Commission Act). did. The police reported that Mr. A was in contact with Mr. B when he worked in the department that supervises and inspects financial investment companies around May 2022, and are said to be looking at communication records between the two. Mr. B worked at the Financial Supervisory Service for a long time and held an executive position, and after his retirement, he joined Meritz Financial Group.

In May 2022, the Financial Supervisory Service inspected other affiliates of Meritz Financial Group for suspicions of violation of conflict of interest management obligations and imposed severe disciplinary action on the former CEO of the affiliate and issued a warning to the affiliates as well. Meritz Financial sold this affiliate to a private equity fund in January last year. The police are concentrating their investigative power to determine what conversations Mr. A and B had before and after this period.

It is known that Mr. B is not currently a suspect. The Financial Services Commission Act has a provision stating that a Financial Supervisory Service employee who leaks internal information can be imprisoned for up to 3 years or fined up to 20 million won, but there is no provision for sanctions against the person who received the information.

There is an interpretation that the fact that Financial Supervisory Service Chairman Lee Bok-hyun issued a warning message against the practice of ‘courtesy of all officials’ inside and outside the Financial Supervisory Service in October last year was with Meritz Financial in mind. Director Lee said at an executive meeting at the time, “I ordered that the supervision and inspection of financial companies where retirees from the Financial Supervisory Service work should be more stringent.” The Financial Supervisory Service was conducting a planning inspection of Meritz Financial affiliates. The Financial Supervisory Service announced on the 15th, “This matter is a suspicion raised during the Financial Supervisory Service’s internal inspection process, and we requested the police to investigate at the end of last year to confirm the accurate facts.”

Meritz Financial denied the suspicion of leaking internal information, saying, “This has not been confirmed at all.” A Meritz Financial official said, “We understand that the Financial Supervisory Service concluded that there was ‘no problem’ in the first inspection of the matter.” Mr. A and Mr. B did not respond to Dong-A Ilbo’s request for coverage to confirm the facts. However, Mr. B is said to be in the position that he ‘did not exchange internal information.’

Reporter Lee Sang-hwan [email protected]
Reporter Jeong Soon-gu [email protected]

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