You Are Defended - Chapter 636



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Episode 636

Knock! Chin! Bang!

The sound of investigators slamming the doorknob echoed through the basement.

This door wasn’t the iron door you’d see in a bank vault, like the one I’d seen behind the Ribbon Medical Center vending machine the other day.

It was such an ordinary wooden door that I thought it would be quicker to just break the door itself down.

“Just rip it off now!”

As the dented doorknob hung in the air, the investigator put down his tool and grabbed the doorknob.

I put my weight on it and pulled hard a few times, and the doorknob came off and the door opened.

“What is this again?”

There was another door inside the open door.

This time it was an iron door like the one I saw at Ribbon Medical Center.

People think that such devices exist only in the media, but rather, we should see the media as imitating reality.

It wasn’t surprising, as I had seen this scene so many times in my previous life when I was in the Special Investigation Division of the Central District Prosecutors’ Office and the Heavy Investigation Division of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office.

When investigating the tax evasion case of the chairman of a company ranked in the top 50 in the business world, such devices were found in the chairman’s office, finance team, secretary’s office, and the chairman’s home.

Another time, there was a situation where a missing keyman had to be arrested, but no one could track him down and even putting out a wanted notice was of no use.

Then, because there was something suspicious, we conducted another house search and seizure, and at that time, we discovered that it was hiding in a secret space in the house.

Even the secret space was hidden with plywood that followed the wood grain of the wooden building wall, so the door was not found during the first search.

Compared to that time, this is classic.

“This must have a key. It’s pretty sturdy. I don’t think we can break it with the tools we have.”

The detective pointed to the keyhole in the iron door handle.

“Call the fire department for assistance. They’re going to break the iron gate.”

The fire department sent a team to Ko Sang-jun’s house in less than 10 minutes.

“This way.”

The investigator took the elevator to the second basement level and brought the firefighters to the door.

The firefighters skillfully used their tools to open the iron door in no time.

Then this time a door that looked like a fire shutter appeared.

“They really do a variety of things.”

Heo Min-woo, who had been watching, muttered to himself as if he could barely hear.

When the firefighters crushed the fire shutters, the interior space was revealed.

It was a space of about ten pyeong.

There were lockers and bookshelves on every wall.

Naturally, the bookshelf was empty, and even if you opened the locker, there would be nothing there.

In the middle was a desk, a shredder, and a pile of boxes.

And in front of him was a young man.

“Come this way.”

The investigators spoke to the man as they came inside carrying a blue box.

Then the man stepped aside without saying a word.

The shredder was stopped, but it may have predicted our location and turned off the power while we were working on the gate.

I walked over to the shredder and placed my hand on it.

It’s hot.

“I really thought you were grinding just a moment ago.”

The investigator who opened the shredder said.

It was full of contents.

Next, I checked the inside of the boxes piled up on the floor.

It was full of documents that had not yet been shredded and remnants of those that had already been shredded.

I picked up a bundle of good papers from among them.

“These are bank account transaction details.”

The account holders are all unfamiliar names.

Even though I remembered all the names of the Strategy Office staff before the special prosecutor’s official investigation began.

“This is also a confiscated item, but you’re saying that you were grinding it inside?”

It means that it was evidence that had to be destroyed even if there was suspicion of destruction of evidence.

What was the list of accounts that Wooshin had to keep at home until the special prosecutor’s full-scale investigation began?

When you think about the significance of the existence of the second basement level of this house, it probably has nothing to do with company finances or management.

“… … .”

The staff made no reply.

“You were at the scene right after the destruction of evidence, so you know you have nothing to say even if you get arrested in the act, right?”

Heo Min-woo called the investigator and left it to him to deal with the employee.

I was lost in thought as I watched the investigators collecting the seized items.

What should Ko Sang-jun prioritize most right now?

It overlaps with what the special prosecution team should prioritize.

The special prosecution team must now focus on rooting out the political figures who received illegal lobbying from Woo Shin and tracking down the overseas accounts used for Ko Sang-jun’s human trafficking.

Since Ko Sang-jun would have thoroughly prepared his overseas accounts from the beginning, there is no reason for him to have destroyed the evidence until now.

So, the accounts in the shredded documents would be connected to the money that Wooshin gave to political figures.

Isn’t it time to classify the people in the ledger who have been arrested so far and the others who have not yet been arrested and calculate how much evidence the special prosecutors can obtain?

These documents are probably the result of staff staying up all night on the second basement level to analyze it all.

“It’s all done.”

The contents of five blue boxes were revealed.

The shredded residue may need to be matched, so I have separated them by source to avoid mixing them up.

“It’s over.”

The search and seizure ended after seven hours.

It was the first time I had spent this much time at home.

When I came out, it was already dark at night.

“Special Prosecutor.”

As I was watching the investigators move the blue box, I heard Kim Jong-seok’s voice.

“I held back from smoking for 7 hours because I thought I was going to die. No, I couldn’t smoke because I was busy moving around after receiving the search warrant, so it’s been 8 hours.”

He was smoking a cigarette with the investigators.

“This is my first time being dispatched to a special investigation team, but does the special investigation team usually come to the scene of a search and seizure?”

As he lit a cigarette, the investigator asked him:

Kim Jong-seok responded with a snicker at those words.

“This is not normal. Our special prosecutor is strange.”

“But since the special prosecutor came in person, the defense attorney’s nonsense seemed to be cut down quickly. It was good because the decision maker was there.”

“I saw an article saying that the special prosecutor is young and could end up being a puppet special prosecutor. He was busy attacking people. What kind of puppet in the world even commands the scene? I wish those reporters would visit our special prosecutor’s office at least once.”

“A puppet special prosecutor? Is there a reporter who said something like that? Is that the Ilbo?”

“That must have been the case. Once you start talking, you think everything is okay.”

“I was really amazed that you found that secret space.”

The investigators spoke one by one.

I wouldn’t have been able to find it this quickly if it weren’t for the blueprints.

Although you may have suspected the existence of a secret space, Go Sang-jun’s house is a large mansion consisting of two two-story buildings and two basement levels.

You can’t knock on every wall, and considering the space between the walls and the floor or ceiling, it’s virtually impossible to find it without a tip.

“I was lucky.”

I responded appropriately.

“At first glance, it looks like they’ve changed the account statement. It must be an account in someone else’s name, right? What is it for? Slush funds?”

“The main purpose would have been to raise slush funds, but if you think about how Go Yoon-soo used the account in the name of the strategy office employee, there must have been other purposes as well.”

Kim Jong-seok, who had been listening to the investigators’ conversation, opened his mouth.

“Any other uses?”

“Through Ms. Kim Mi-ja’s ledger, some of the politicians who Woo Shin bribed were revealed, but weren’t they just a very small number? If you look at Ms. Kim Mi-ja’s statement or interview, the only people who visited the restaurant were those who had decided to live and die with Woo Shin. That’s why there were only 51 Koreans in the ledger, even though there were over 15 years of data. Even among those carefully selected bastards, 16 lived well and died.”

In addition, many people were believed to have lost their right to sue because the statute of limitations had expired.

There are only eight people who can be definitively indicted right now.

However, if it is revealed that bribes were received from Wooshin even after the time recorded in the ledger, prosecution is possible by applying the comprehensive crime.

“Yes.”

“But would the guy who gave you money end up like that?”

As Kim Jong-seok said, the people listed in the ledger received a lot of money and the profits they gave to Wooshin were also enormous.

But Wooshin doesn’t just give money to those who can give him immediate benefits.

Since the purpose of the politicians is to hang a debt that will have to be repaid in the future, they also extend their reach to those who are presumed to rise to high positions.

If we count the number of people who received dirty money from Wooshin, regardless of the amount, it would be much more than the 51 people in the ledger.

And to manage the money that needs to be given to those numerous political figures, a proxy account is essential.

Traces of this could be found in the accounts found through this search and seizure.

“Then, if we look through those accounts, we might be able to see the flow of how much was given to whom and when.”

“Yes, that would be true. However, since the money was withdrawn in cash and handed over, it would be hard to tell just by looking at the account, so I think we need to investigate the bank employees at the branch.”

The things I had been organizing in my head came out through Kim Jong-seok’s mouth.

He wasn’t called a special agent ace for nothing.

I felt a lot more at ease, thinking that I had chosen the right inspector.

“Even if it was for slush funds and bribery purposes, where did they borrow all those names? Even if you just look at the documents that weren’t shredded, there must be over 500. Since there were more shredded ones, there must be over 1,000. I knew they used the names of the strategy office staff, but this is much more than the number of strategy office staff. Should I assume that they also used the names of executives and their families?”

The investigator asked, sounding tired.

“But if it’s around 1,000, that’s better. Among the ones I’ve seen so far, there were cases where they rolled around 7,000.”

“7,000?”

The detective’s mouth fell open as if his jaw was about to fall off.

“Where is that place?”

“It was the GW Group.”

“Oh, that one where the safekeeper committed suicide? Was that in 2005? The head of that case did it. I didn’t know.”

“Yes. The investigation started in 2005 and ended in 2006.”

“It seems like the conglomerates have a lot of accounts they can turn over because they are determined to do business with banks.”

“So I think we need to be even more determined.”

The investigators sighed deeply.

They seemed worried about the amount of work that would be given to them.

“Don’t worry. The special prosecutor brought in the National Tax Service aces for situations like this.”

Kim Jong-seok looked at me and smiled.

“Now that we’re done organizing, we’ll set off.”

At that moment, the investigator who was loading the seized items into the car ran over and said.

“Special Prosecutor, are you going home now? It’s already past 10 at night.”

Then, Kim Jong-seok asked, moving his gaze as if looking for a car with an empty seat.

“No, I’m going to stop by the special prosecutor’s office and get a rough idea of ​​what was seized today.”

“Go home. If you were to make all that happen by yourself, you wouldn’t have enough people, even if you had 10 of them. There are 63 aces in the special investigation team.”

At that moment, a car entered the alley.

The horn blew twice briskly.

Kim Jong-seok waved his hand toward me and spoke to me.

“I’m at the riverside. This pro strongly advised me not to let the special prosecutor’s office come because he would send a driver for the special prosecutor.”

“… … Is that it?”

“According to this pro, the special prosecutor has a fundamental distrust of people, and since there are many people who don’t produce as much output as he does, he thinks it’s best to do it himself. I think that’s right.”

Choi Jong-Hyeon, Jo Bong-Jun, Oh Sam-Jang, Heo Min-Woo, Kang Min-Jae.

Could it be because I have been working with only this limited number of people for so long?

I don’t feel comfortable entrusting important tasks to people I can’t pride myself on knowing well.

“It’s been like that since I started working with this pro, so it’s been over 4 years, right? He said that it’s impossible for a person to change in that amount of time.”

Was it like that when I was a prosecutor?

It happened 14 years ago, so I don’t remember.

“The special prosecutor is at the level of a senior prosecutor. Have you ever seen the senior prosecutor review all these documents one by one?”

“… … .”

“We will work hard, everyone. Please trust us. See you tomorrow, Special Prosecutor.”

After exchanging greetings with Kim Jong-seok and turning around, Kang Min-jae, who was in the driver’s seat, opened the window and stuck his head out.

“Are you Mr. Cha Ju-han?”

And then he asked a strange question with a very serious face.

“Isn’t it me or what?”

“We came to isolate patient Cha Ju-han because he has symptoms of workaholism. Please get in.”

Am I really that bad?