Prosecutors Refile Arrest Warrant for Former Ansan FC President in 'Professional Soccer Recruitment Corruption' Case

The prosecution investigating allegations of corruption in professional soccer player recruitment has refiled an arrest warrant against the former CEO of Ansan Greeners FC, whose previous arrest warrant was dismissed.

The Criminal Division 9 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Kim Hyun-ah) announced on the 18th that it has refiled an arrest warrant on charges of breach of trust against Lee Jong-geol (61), former CEO of Ansan FC, a K League 2 professional soccer team. This comes 11 days after the court dismissed Lee's arrest warrant on the 7th.

According to the prosecution, Lee is accused of receiving 27 million KRW in total, including 10 million KRW in cash and luxury watches worth approximately 17 million KRW, from agent Choi (36, detained and indicted) between November last year and January this year in exchange for recruiting two players to Ansan FC.

In addition to the existing charges, the prosecution added allegations that in September last year, Lee received 9 million KRW from Im Jong-heon (57, detained and indicted), former interim manager of Ansan FC, as a bribe for appointing him as manager, and in August last year, he accepted a foreign luxury car valued at approximately 61.5 million KRW from Hong (father of a player) in exchange for recruiting two players.

Earlier this month on the 1st, the prosecution filed an arrest warrant against Lee, but the court dismissed it, stating that "the suspect generally acknowledges the basic facts of the crime and shows remorse."

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