Prosecutors Launch Investigation into Allegations of Bank Statement Forgery by Yoon Seok-yeol's Mother-in-Law

Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol is stepping onto the podium to deliver a greeting at the meeting of nationwide district prosecutors and election-related deputy chief prosecutors held at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the 10th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] The prosecution has launched an investigation into allegations of forgery of a bank balance certificate involving the mother-in-law of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol.

According to the legal community on the 17th, the Uijeongbu District Prosecutors' Office recently received a petition regarding forgery allegations related to Yoon's mother-in-law, Choi, and has begun an investigation. The petition is known to have been submitted to the Ministry of Justice's Prosecutorial Reform Committee in September of last year.

The Uijeongbu District Prosecutors' Office is reportedly coordinating the summons of Choi while investigating victims who claim they were deceived by the forged bank balance certificate submitted by Choi and invested money based on it.

Choi is suspected of submitting a forged bank balance certificate worth approximately 35 billion won during the purchase of land in Dochon-dong, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi Province, in 2013, together with business partner Ahn. These allegations were addressed several years ago during a National Assembly audit and have already been reported in the media.

However, in September of last year, Noh, who is in dispute with Choi's associates over the management rights of a memorial park operator, filed another petition urging an investigation into the allegations with the Prosecutorial Reform Committee. This fact became known through some media reports, causing the allegations to resurface.

The case was transferred to the Uijeongbu District Prosecutors' Office via the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in October of the same year.

A Supreme Prosecutors' Office official stated, "Prosecutor General Yoon has instructed not to report the details of the case involving his mother-in-law to the Uijeongbu District Prosecutors' Office and is not involved in the investigation process at all."

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