Special counsel raids ex-investment firm chief in probe into ex-first lady
Investigators from special counsel Min Joong-ki's team seized a mobile phone during a raid on the home and car of Lee Jong-ho, former head of Blackpearl Invest, in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, according to the officials.
Lee is suspected of violating the Attorney-at-Law Act.
The special counsel has also notified him to appear for questioning Monday.
He has allegedly received 81 million won (US$58,000) from a confidant of first lady Kim in return for helping secure a suspended sentence in a stock manipulation case involving Kim.
Lee has reportedly denied the allegations.
He is known to be a key figure in the manipulation of stock prices of Deutsch Motors, a BMW dealer in South Korea, between 2009 and 2012 through illegal trading schemes. He was sentenced to a suspended prison term by the Supreme Court in April.
Last week, Lee's residence was also raided by a separate special counsel team investigating alleged political interference in the 2023 death of a young Marine. (Yonhap)
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