Justice Lee Sook-yeon's husband re-sent in violation of the Lottery Act...Central District Prosecutors' Office Investigates

In connection with the instant lottery printing error, the husband of Supreme Court Justice Lee Sook-yeon, former head of the accompanying lottery, Cho Hyung-seop, will be investigated by the prosecution.

Earlier this month, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office took over former representative Cho's alleged violation of the lottery law from the police and allocated it to the first criminal division.The former CEO of

is accused of using lottery information to retrieve 200,000 tickets that appeared to be an error after the winning result of six instant lottery tickets in September 2021 did not match the winning result in the store system.

In May, the police handed over former CEO Cho to the prosecution, believing that he was found to be guilty of violating the lottery law, but they were asked to supplement it and sent it back after further investigation.Former representative of

served as co-representative of the accompanying lottery and its parent company, Jeju Semiconductor, before stepping down as representative in August to coincide with Supreme Court Justice Lee's inauguration.