20 Indicted for Moving 4 tln Won Overseas for Cryptocurrency ‘Kimchi Premiums’

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Prosecutors have indicted 20 people on charges of illegally remitting about 4 trillion won (US$3.2 billion) worth of funds overseas to buy cryptocurrencies abroad and sell them back in South Korea at a premium, officials said Wednesday. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office, in collaboration with the Seoul branch [...]