A newly launched special counsel team searched the Bank of Korea (BOK) on Friday as part of their investigation into allegations surrounding a missing banknote strap, officials said. Special counsel Ann Gweon-seob’s team, which launched earlier this month, executed a search-and-inspection warrant at the BOK’s issuance department to check its production and management of official banknotes. The team is tasked with investigating allegations surrounding the missing banknote strap — first discovered by prosecutors in December last year when they raided the home of a shaman implicated in a bribery case involving former first lady Kim Keon Hee. The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors Office had secured bundles of cash through the raid, including the BOK’s sealed banknotes worth 50 million won ($33,900) but later lost the strap containing the banknotes’ identifying information, such as the inspection date. The prosecutors office has maintained the strap was lost by accident when the banknotes were being counted. It later transferred the case to special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team investigatin
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