Prosecution of former prosecution investigators who manipulated stock prices to help the main culprit of the "Lime scandal" escape

A number of former prosecution investigators, including former prosecutors who participated in stock price manipulation to raise funds for the escape of Chairman Lee In-kwang, the main culprit of the so-called "Lime scandal," have been indicted.

The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office said it handed over eight people, including a former prosecution investigator A, to trial.

Mr. A and others are accused of artificially raising the stock price of secondary battery company B through price manipulation orders such as high-priced purchases and taking unfair gains worth 14 billion won.

They also distributed false positive information to quantum technology company C, earning 6.1 billion won worth of unfair profits.

Chairman Lee, who designed the crime, was found to have continued his luxury life in Nice, France, with unfair gains.

A former police officer from Seocho Police Station in Seoul, who received 80 million won worth of bribes in exchange for covering up their investigation, has already been indicted and sentenced to three years in prison in the first trial.

Chairman Lee In-kwang was arrested in Nice in March and extradition proceedings are underway.