[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The prosecution indicted Yoo Dong-gyu, former head of planning at Seongnam Urban Development Corporation and one of the key figures in the Daejang-dong development preferential treatment and lobbying suspicion case, on the 21st. Yoo became the first defendant to be charged about 22 days after the prosecution began investigating the case.
The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office special investigation team (led by Deputy Chief Prosecutor Kim Tae-hoon) late that night indicted Yoo on charges of bribery and promise of bribery after fraudulent acts under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes.
Yoo is accused of receiving 352 million won several times from the Daejang-dong development company as a bribe in exchange for business conveniences while working as head of planning and management at Seongnam Facilities Management Corporation in 2013.
He is also charged with promising to receive 70 billion won after committing fraudulent acts in office, such as providing favorable conveniences to Hwacheon Daeyu, while serving as head of planning at Seongnam Urban Development Corporation from 2014 to 2015.
However, the prosecution excluded breach of trust charges under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes when indicting Yoo.
Breach of trust was a major charge included in the prosecution's request for Yoo's arrest warrant. The prosecution intended to apply breach of trust charges, believing Yoo caused losses worth several billion won to Seongnam Urban Development Corporation.
The prosecution has focused on proving breach of trust charges by sequentially investigating key figures such as Kim Man-bae, major shareholder of Hwacheon Daeyu Asset Management, lawyer Nam Wook, and lawyer Jung Young-hak. Even on the day before the indictment, they continued summoning related parties and re-seized Seongnam City Hall, putting effort into strengthening breach of trust charges, but ultimately failed to include them in Yoo's indictment.
Legal circles analyze that since the breach of trust argument was not accepted during the detention warrant hearing for Hwacheon Daeyu major shareholder Kim Man-bae, it was difficult to hastily include it in Yoo's indictment.
The prosecution also removed the charge that Yoo received 50 million won in bribes from Kim from the indictment, although it was included in the arrest warrant.
Initially, the prosecution understood that Yoo received 40 million won by check and 10 million won in cash, but during the investigation, the handling details of the 40 million won check were found at lawyer Nam Wook's office, making it difficult to apply the charge.
The prosecution decided to handle Yoo's breach of trust charges later after clarifying accomplice relationships and specific division of acts.
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