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[Alpha Biz= reporter Kim Jong-hyo] The incomprehensible disclosures surrounding the person who paid the penalty for the illegal slush fund case of the late Lee Kun-hee's borrowed-name bank account in 2008 were belatedly discovered.

According to the artificial intelligence disclosure program on the 14th, Shinhan Financial Group and Mirae Asset Securities (formerly Mirae Asset Daewoo) announced in a public announcement that they imposed fines on Chairman Lee Kun-hee's borrowed-name account.

 

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What's unusual is that the person paying the fine is not Lee Kun-hee, the main body of slush fund formation through borrowed-name accounts, but Samsung. In other words, Samsung paid related fines. "If you look at the independent counsel's records, Samsung Electronics and others are not subject to related fines and have never been legally linked to Lee Kun-hee's borrowed-name bank account," said Cho Ho-jin, CEO of Tachyon World. Nevertheless, Mirae Asset put Samsung in the disclosure, not Lee Kun-hee.  

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Shinhan Financial Group's disclosure is strange. The most recent disclosure of Lee Kun-hee's borrowed-name account states that the main body of the fine is Lee Kun-hee's side. Shinhan Financial Group is said to have served as a window for opening Lee Kun-hee's slush fund account through Shinhan Financial Investment & Securities. The interesting fact is that Shinhan Financial Group's previous disclosure in November 2021 specified Samsung as the subject of the fine payment. Lee Hyun-kwon, a representative lawyer at the law firm, said, "If Samsung paid fines from the National Tax Service related to Lee Kun-hee's slush funds, it seems to be possible to define it as breach of trust and embezzlement," adding, "If the allegations turn out to be true, the management should take responsibility at the time." Han Chi-ho, a senior expert at NBNtv, said, "Of course, Mirae Asset and Shinhan Holdings may insist on the disclosure," and pointed out, "However, as financial authorities such as the Financial Services Commission have accurately specified the person responsible for collecting fines as Chairman Lee Kun-hee, the disclosure needs to be properly disclosed in order to avoid confusion." Alpha Biz reporter Kim Jong-hyo (kei1000@alphabiz.co.kr)

 

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