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Deutsche Motors is a domestic seller of BMW, and has been in the spotlight in the past for the stock price manipulation scandal involving First Lady Kim Kun-hee. Chairman Kwon Oh-soo received a suspended prison sentence in April last year for the incident.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hwang Jae-ha = Deutsche Motors Group Chairman Kwon Oh-soo and his wife were put on trial on charges of evading 600 million won in taxes by issuing false tax invoices worth 20 billion won.
The Tax Crime Investigation Department of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Yong Tae-ho) announced on the 23rd that it had indicted Chairman Kwon and his spouse without detention on charges such as issuing false tax invoices under the Aggravated Punishment Act for Specific Crimes on the 22nd.
Chairman Kwon and his wife are accused of evading gift tax and comprehensive income tax by directing various exhibition hall and interior construction orders ordered by the group to companies established under borrowed names and issuing false tax invoices.
It was found that they established a total of three companies, including two paper companies, and drove construction worth a total of about 107.9 billion won from November 2017 to October 2021.
In reality, one construction company owned by Chairman Kwon's wife did all the construction, but on the outside, it was pretended that two paper companies had signed a normal construction contract through competitive bidding.
Through this, it was revealed that Chairman Kwon issued or received false tax invoices worth approximately 6.2 billion won and his wife approximately 20.4 billion won.
The prosecution determined that Chairman Kwon's wife actually evaded 190 million won in gift tax due to transactions between related corporations by entrusting stocks of three companies owned by the couple to her acquaintances.
In addition, it was determined that 460 million won in comprehensive income tax was evaded by concealing income by returning company dividends paid to nominee shareholders, and a total of 600 million won in tax evasion was charged.
Deutsche Motors is the domestic sales company of the German automobile company BMW, and is a company that attracted attention in the past for a large-scale stock price manipulation scandal involving First Lady Kim Kun-hee.
In the stock price manipulation case, Chairman Kwon's suspended prison sentence was confirmed in April last year. Ms. Kim was sentenced to four years in prison in the second trial for violation of the Capital Markets Act, and an appeal trial is in progress.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
There is a possibility that the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office will increase the level of punishment for those involved through additional investigation.
Possible · Within months
Improvement of the internal monitoring system to restore Deutsche Motors' external trust can be discussed.
Possible · Within weeks

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