South Korean Debt Collectors Coming for Crypto Holders
South Korean debt collectors are now seizing crypto in insolvency cases – and may soon be granted even more power to confiscate coins. Per Hanguk Kyungjae, the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC), a firm that oper...
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Per Hanguk Kyungjae, the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC), a firm that operates under the Financial Services Commission (FSC), has begun “seizing cryptoassets for the first time” this year.
The KDIC typically gets involved in public and private insolvency cases....
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