Investigators from the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s public crime team were reported to have arrived at the company’s Gangnam office in the morning, while separate officers also looked into another Bithumb site during the earlier February search. That first sweep took place on Feb. 24, and witnesses from the exchange were later called in again in April.
Hiring Claims At The CenterKim has been summoned about seven times over a nine-month span, according to the report, but police have not said the inquiry is finished. Bithumb, for its part, says the hiring followed normal procedures and that no irregularities were found in the process.
Local broadcasters moved quickly on the raid, with MBC, KBS and JTBC all carrying accounts of the search within hours. The exchange remains one of South Korea’s biggest trading venues and sits just behind Upbit in the domestic market, with about $576 million in daily volume reported in the story.
Bithumb Under Familiar ScrutinyThe latest raid also fits into a longer record of run-ins with authorities. The exchange has faced tax checks, fraud-related searches, token-manipulation probes and embezzlement-related raids in past years, making it a frequent target whenever South Korean regulators or police widen their focus.
Police disclosed that the wider case is still incomplete and requires further review before any findings are finalized, with no charges filed so far. Investigators added that any new materials gathered from Monday’s search could help accelerate the next phase of the inquiry.
Featured image from EPA Images, chart from TradingView
