South Korea's financial watchdog has reported to local prosecutors a series of crypto transactions by an opposition party lawmaker, which has sparked domestic outrage over a potential conflict of interest.
Rep. Kim Nam-kuk of the Democratic Party of Korea allegedly withdrew 800,000 WEMIX tokens from late February to early March in 2022, and the transactions were reported to the Financial Services Commission's Financial Intelligence Unit ,The FIU classified the withdrawals as suspicious transactions and reported them to the prosecutor's office, the report said.'s travel rule on March 25, 2021, shortly after Kim reportedly made his withdrawals.
Kim said that he did not cash out his tokens and did not violate any laws, according to the report. There is no reporting requirement for virtual assets in South Korea's Public Service Ethics Act. WEMIX was delisted from major exchanges in South Korea last year for allegedly reporting inaccurate circulation supply figures. Its issuing company WeMadeKim had co-sponsored an amendment to the Income Tax Act in July 2021, which included a provision to defer taxation on virtual assets,
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