Prosecutor accused of taking Chanel bag in bribe
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Prosecutor accused of taking Chanel bag in bribe |
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By Kim Rahn
The prosecution is investigating a female prosecutor over allegations that she received a Chanel bag from a law firm in exchange for peddling her influence. She is also suspected of having used the firm’s car.
Prosecutors at Busan District Prosecutors’ Office said Monday that they obtained cell phone text message records exchanged between the 36-year-old prosecutor, whose name was not disclosed, and a 49-year-old lawyer of the law firm in Busan about the payment for the bag and influence exercising in return.
Investigators recently raided the office of the lawyer, a former judge.
The prosecutor offered to resign last week after allegations about “sponsorship” by the law firm surfaced — she drove a Mercedes leased under the law firm’s name and spent millions of won monthly with the firm’s corporate credit card.
She is suspected of having exercised her influence on a case in which the lawyer filed a complaint against two of his former business partners. On a cell phone, the female prosecutor said through text messages in October, “I asked for a favor from the prosecutor in charge of the case.”
In another message in November, she also said she had asked another prosecutor to deal with the case in favor of the lawyer.
She then urged the lawyer to send her 5.4 million won ($4,600) so that she could buy a Chanel bag, including her bank account number. On Dec. 5, the bag was purchased from a department store in southern Seoul and paid for with the lawyer’s corporate credit card.
The prosecution suspects she demanded the bag in exchange for helping in the lawyer’s suit.
It is said the two have known each other since 2007 when she worked as a lawyer in Busan before becoming a prosecutor.
“It seems that the two have been close for a long time, often exchanging gifts. They may claim the Mercedes and the Chanel bag were private presents. But she may face influence peddling charges if she had asked for favors from other prosecutors on behalf of the lawyer and received money in return. We’ll question both of them soon,” a prosecutor said.
About the Mercedes, the lawyer claimed he had temporarily asked her to take care of the care and took it back in June.
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