A man in his 50s who stabbed the CEO of the virtual asset deposit service company Haru Invest with a weapon in court after embezzling virtual assets (coins) worth approximately 1.4 trillion won has been indicted while in custody.
On the 20th, the Criminal Division 5 of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Jo Jae-cheol) announced that a man in his 50s, Mr. A, was indicted in custody on charges of attempted murder and courtroom disturbance. Mr. A is accused of stabbing Mr. Lee, who was sitting in the defendant's seat during a trial on the third floor of the Southern District Court on the afternoon of the 28th of last month, multiple times in the neck with a weapon in an attempt to kill him.
It was investigated that Mr. A suffered damages worth approximately 6.3 billion won due to the suspension of withdrawals from Haru Invest in June last year and, while attending Mr. Lee’s trial every time, planned the crime out of dissatisfaction with Mr. Lee’s denial of the charges.
Mr. Lee was arrested and indicted in February on charges of deceiving customers by promising risk-free management that would guarantee the principal and provide the highest returns in the industry when depositing with Haru Invest from March 2020 until the suspension of withdrawals in June last year, thereby embezzling coins worth approximately 1.4 trillion won. He was released on bail in July.
A prosecution official stated, "We will respond strictly to crimes that threaten the safety of parties involved in criminal justice procedures."
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