{"id":43657,"date":"2023-01-10T15:00:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T19:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=43657"},"modified":"2023-01-10T15:01:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T19:01:22","slug":"south-korean-regulators-focus-on-bithumb-in-new-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/south-korean-regulators-focus-on-bithumb-in-new-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korean regulators focus on Bithumb in new probe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-south-korean-national-tax-service-agency-launches-an-investigation-into-bithumb-according-to-local-reports\">The<a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/executives-from-1-5b-south-korean-crypto-exchange-fraud-jailed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> South Korean National Tax Service agency<\/a> launches an investigation into Bithumb, according to local reports.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/croc_1673374453484-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"South Korean regulators focus on Bithumb in new probe\" class=\"wp-image-43659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/croc_1673374453484-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/croc_1673374453484-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/croc_1673374453484-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/croc_1673374453484-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/croc_1673374453484-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/croc_1673374453484-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/croc_1673374453484.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">South Korean regulators focus on Bithumb in new probe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Local reports state that the National Tax Service (NTS) of South Korea is conducting a &#8220;special tax investigations&#8221; against the cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, tax authorities conducted a compliance investigation at the exchange's headquarters in Seoul, the nation's capital, on January 10. By looking into the domestic and international transactions of <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/former-bithumb-chairman-lee-jung-hoon-acquitted-in-first-case.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bithumb Korea, Bithumb Holdings, and its affiliates<\/a>, authorities are investigating the likelihood of tax evasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agents are also looking into potential tax avoidance in relation to Bithumb ownership. The Seoul Regional Tax Service's 4th Bureau of Inquiry, which specializes in &#8220;special tax investigations&#8221; as opposed to conventional ones, conducted the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018, the NTS conducted a special tax investigation on Bithumb, which resulted in a tax settlement of over $64 million.This development occurs after Lee Jung-Hoon, a former chair of Bitchumb, was cleared of fraud charges involving $70 million on January 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An official at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/search?q=South+Korean+regulators+focus+on+Bithumb+in+new+probe&cvid=1ea30461cba7403cb3698a029f300b28&aqs=edge..69i57j69i60j69i59i450l7...7.385j0j1&pglt=43&FORM=ANNTA1&PC=U531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bithumb's biggest shareholder, Park Mo,<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\" fill=\"none\" clip-path=\"url(#clip0_31_188)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M9.16724 14.8891L20.1672 3.88908\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M13.4497 3.53554L20.5208 3.53554L20.5208 10.6066\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 13.5L17.5 16.26C17.5 17.4179 17.5 17.9968 17.2675 18.4359C17.0799 18.7902 16.7902 19.0799 16.4359 19.2675C15.9968 19.5 15.4179 19.5 14.26 19.5L7.74 19.5C6.58213 19.5 6.0032 19.5 5.56414 19.2675C5.20983 19.0799 4.92007 18.7902 4.73247 18.4359C4.5 17.9968 4.5 17.4179 4.5 16.26L4.5 9.74C4.5 8.58213 4.5 8.0032 4.73247 7.56414C4.92007 7.20983 5.20982 6.92007 5.56414 6.73247C6.0032 6.5 6.58213 6.5 7.74 6.5L11 6.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                        <\/g>\r\n                        <defs>\r\n                            <clipPath id=\"clip0_31_188\">\r\n                                <rect fill=\"white\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"\/>\r\n                            <\/clipPath>\r\n                        <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a> was discovered dead on December 30\u2014shortly before the verdict of not guilty. Authorities in his area were looking into him for stock price manipulation and embezzlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The executive's passing was the most recent in a string of cryptocurrency billionaires who passed away within a month of one another, among them co-founders of the Amber Group and MakerDAO Nikolai Mushegian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Some members of the neighborhood have emphasized how they happened close to when FTX fell. Regulators from all over the world have been closely monitoring the <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/cryptocurrency-market-is-about-to-explode-says-celsius-ceo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cryptocurrency market<\/a> in light of the recent unrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South Korean National Tax Service agency launches an investigation into Bithumb, according to local reports. Local reports state that the National Tax Service (NTS) of South Korea is conducting a &#8220;special tax investigations&#8221; against the cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb. According to reports, tax authorities conducted a compliance investigation at the exchange&#8217;s headquarters in Seoul, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":43659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto-exchange-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/croc_1673374453484.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}