Kim Bum-soo's former SBS announcer account, Kim Gun-hee's 'borrowing transaction' call appears...Suspicion is growing
Aug 12, 2025
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According to JTBC's report on the 11th, the special prosecution team said that First Lady Kim Gun-hee invested 300 million", It was confirmed that the name of the account was Kim Bum-soo, the former announcer, who secured a voice call file directly referring to the transaction under the borrowed name "I do it under a borrowed name".
Kim deposited 300 million won into the stock account of former announcer Kim Bum-soo in August 2011. On the same day, in a phone call with an employee of a global investment group "I put 300 million won into the account.", "It's under borrowed names, so know it..." he said, referring directly to the borrowed-name transaction.
Former announcer Kim Bum-soo served as an in-house director of Covana Content, where Kim was represented. The tenure overlaps with October 2010 to December 2012, which is believed to be the second operation of the Deutsche Motors stock price manipulation incident. He was found to have bought shares of Deutsche Motors worth 148 million won from August to November 2011 and made a profit of about 32 million won.
Meanwhile, former announcer Kim Bum-soo was summoned as a reference to Kim Gun-hee's independent counsel team on the 3rd and investigated.
mj.cho@sportschosun.com
