South Korean prosecutors said to have raided Terra cofounder Shin’s residence

South Korean prosecutors’ lookup and seizure campaign on Terra-LUNA and affiliate marketers incorporates raiding the private dwelling of Terraform Labs cofounder Daniel Shin, or Shin Hyun-seung, amid some others on Wednesday, area media noted.

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• Shin, who founded Terraform Labs with present-day chief govt officer (CEO) Do Kwon in 2018, stepped down from his position as CEO in 2020. 

• Following reducing his stake in Terraform Labs, Shin went on to set up Chai Corporation, a Seoul-based payment fintech organization that was also investigated in the course of this lookup and seizure.

• Chai Corporation notified people in May well in the course of the crash of Terra’s stablecoin and sister cryptocurrency that the firm had lower ties with Terra in 2020.

• Daniel Shin also launched e-commerce platform TMON in 2010, which recorded product sales of 129 billion gained (US$98 million) past year.

• Prosecutors raided 15 providers relevant to the Terra-LUNA debacle together with 7 cryptocurrency exchanges, which provided Upbit and Bithumb.

• The whereabouts of Terraform Labs main government officer Kwon Do-hyung, or Do Kwon, is yet to be recognized by the prosecutors, even as he stays energetic on Twitter.

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