[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Kim Jisun] The Financial Supervisory Service will launch a full-scale investigation into related securities firms to secure clearer data and circumstances on the alleged preferential redemption of the "Lime Fund."

According to the financial sector on the 28th, the Financial Supervisory Service plans to investigate securities firms such as Mirae Asset Securities, which sold Lime Asset Management's open fund products. In particular, Mirae Asset Securities (006800), a seller of four open funds suspected of providing preferential redemption only to influential figures such as lawmaker Kim, are the priority targets.

Twenty-nine subscribers of the fund, including Rep. Kim, were repurchased just before the Lime Fund's massive redemption suspension, avoiding or reducing losses, according to the Financial Supervisory Service. The Financial Supervisory Service plans to conduct an investigation into vendors who sold the four funds that were repurchased and switch to official inspections if they confirm the need for the inspection.

The Financial Supervisory Service, which detected the alleged redemption of favors related to the Lime Fund, was initially in a position to leave the process to the prosecution's investigation, but considered a full-scale investigation in the wake of growing suspicions surrounding vendors, including Mirae Asset Securities, which sold fund products to Rep. Kim.

In particular, the FSS believes that the redemption was carried out based on illegal funds, including "turning back funds," regarding the four funds to which Kim and others received their money back.

"Of the 31 funds that were repurchased, 27 used their own funds, but four drew 12.5 billion won in funds from other funds and illegally provided 450 million won in unique funds," a Financial Supervisory Service official said.

 

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