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Wed, April 14, 2021 | 08:41
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Interpol nabs Yoo's daughter in France
유병언 장녀 프랑스서 체포…일가 첫 신병확보
Posted : 2014-05-27 21:49
Updated : 2014-05-27 22:09
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Yoo Byung-eun's eldest daughter, Seom-na, also known as Ennette Yoo, has been arrested in Paris, the Ministry of Justice said Tuesday. The government has asked French authorities to extradite her./Yonhap
Yoo Byung-eun's eldest daughter, Seom-na, also known as Ennette Yoo, has been arrested in Paris, the Ministry of Justice said Tuesday. The government has asked French authorities to extradite her./Yonhap

Manhunt for other clan members intensifying


By Lee Hyo-sik


Yoo Byung-eun's eldest daughter, Seom-na, also known as Ennette Yoo, has been arrested in Paris, the Ministry of Justice said Tuesday.

The ministry said it has asked French authorities to extradite her.

The arrest came days after the 48-year-old daughter and Yoo's second son Keith Yoo, 42, were put on Interpol's wanted list.

Yoo and his four children have been hiding here and abroad to avoid investigations into corruption allegations against them.

Ministry officials said the French authorities will decide whether or not to send Seom-na to Korea after holding hearings required for extradition.

She is the first member of Yoo's family to be arrested regarding the ferry disaster.

Seom-na headed Moreal Design, a Seoul-based design agency that earned most of its revenues by working for affiliates owned by the Yoo family.

She is suspected of having embezzled some 8 billion won while engaging in transactions with Yoo's firms, including Dapanda.

The prosecution issued summons for the family members last month, but they were all snubbed.

Yoo and his three other children are still at large. The prosecution recently found that the second son, Keith Yoo, made a failed attempt to fly to France from the United States.

Prosecutors have arrested Yoo's close aides.

Lee Jae-oak, chairman of Hemato Centric Foundation, Monday night, was arrested Monday on charges of providing aid to the fugitive.

Lee is also suspected of embezzling company funds for the former Semo Group chairman. Hemato Centric Foundation is a company that exhibited Yoo's photos, and marketed them at home and abroad.

Investigators are quizzing Lee about the whereabouts of Yoo and his eldest son.

In the meantime, prosecutors sought a warrant from the court Monday night to detain four followers of the religious group. They were arrested Sunday for allegedly giving Yoo mineral water and dried fruit, and letting him use their mobile phones. A warrant will also be sought for a woman in her 30s for allegedly fleeing with Yoo.

The prosecution said Yoo and his son likely still remain in South Jeolla Province because Yoo and the Salvation Sect own a number of properties in remote areas there. Investigators have raided several properties in the province since it was confirmed Sunday that Yoo had stayed in a remote building in the city of Suncheon.

The prosecution said there are many hideouts that Yoo can stay in South Jeolla Province, adding that investigators are combing through ports in the province to prevent Yoo and his son from fleeing the country onboard a ship.

Meanwhile, the religious cult led by Yoo is embroiled in an internal feud over how the group should deal with the prosecution's investigation of its fugitive leader.

Moderates are insisting that the Salvation Sect should cooperate with investigators, while hardliners are threatening to take radical measures to derail the ongoing investigation and protect the nation's most-wanted man.

According to the prosecution and the Salvation Sect Tuesday, Kim Seong-il, the chairman of the cult, recently resigned from his post.

Lee Tae-jong, a spokesperson for the Salvation Sect, said that the religious group accepted the resignation from Kim, who is regarded as a moderate. He had offered to resign by taking responsibility for the group's deepening internal strife.

Kim and other moderate members said that the Salvation Sect should actively cooperate with law enforcement authorities to clear all the suspicions currently surrounding the group.

However, the hardliners, who staged a rally Sunday in front of the Incheon District Prosecutors' Office following the arrest of group members, have insisted on resisting the prosecution in order to save Yoo.

Kim offered to step down from the post after failing to persuade the hardliners, according to the spokesman.

On May 21 when the prosecution raided Geumsuwon, a stronghold of the Salvation Sect, the group initially agreed to open the compound at 8 a.m. But investigators were only able to enter the site at around noon after hardliners protested the decision engineered by Kim and other moderate members.

With the radicals gaining increasing support, the religious group said its 100,000 followers will protect Yoo. ''We hope Yoo remains free. A hundred thousand followers will protect Yoo,'' said spokesman Lee.

The prosecution Sunday increased its initial reward money of 50 million won tenfold to 500 million won ($488,000) for anyone who can provide tips leading to Yoo's arrest. Those who help apprehend his eldest son Dae-gyun will receive 100 million won, up from the previous 30 million won.



유병언 장녀 프랑스서 체포…일가 첫 신병확보

'도피 기획' 의대교수도 체포…동행한 여신도 영장 방침
순천 은신처 중심 포위망 좁히며 일가 압박


유병언(73) 전 세모그룹 회장(청해진해운 회장)의 장녀 섬나(48)씨가 프랑스 현지에서 체포됐다.

검찰이 세월호 실소유주 비리에 대한 수사를 시작한 이후 유씨 일가 가운데 신병이 확보되기는 섬나씨가 처음이다.

27일 법무부 등에 따르면 프랑스 경찰은 이날 섬나씨를 파리에서 체포했다. 

인천지검 특별수사팀(팀장 김회종 2차장검사)은 프랑스로 도피한 섬나씨에게 외교부를 통해 여권 반납을 명령하는 한편 인터폴에 요청해 적색수배를 내린 상태였다.

섬나씨는 디자인업체 모래알디자인을 운영하면서 계열사 다판다로부터 컨설팅비 명목으로 매달 8천만원, 총 48억원을 지급받는 등 80억원대의 횡령 혐의를 받는 것으로 전해졌다.

검찰은 지난달 29일 섬나씨에게 출석을 통보했으나 불응하자 체포영장을 발부받아 강제구인에 나섰다.

섬나씨는 세월호 사고를 전후해 출국한 뒤 파리의 고급 아파트에 몸을 숨겨온 것으로 전해졌다.

프랑스 사법당국은 범죄인 인도 재판 등 송환 절차를 밟을 것으로 전망된다.

검찰은 전날 밤 유씨 측근인 이재옥(49) 헤마토센트릭라이프재단 이사장을 체포해 조사 중이다.

검찰은 이씨가 교수로 있는 모 의과대학 사무실에서 신병을 확보하고 자택과 사무실을 압수수색했다.

이씨는 유씨의 도피를 총괄 기획하는 한편 재단 이사장을 맡아 유씨의 사진작품을 고가에 매입·판매한 혐의를 받는 것으로 알려졌다.

이씨는 지난 18일 금수원 내부가 언론에 공개됐을 때 기자회견을 주도한 인물이다. 

그는 '세월호 침몰 사고가 발생하고 1주일 정도 지난 이후 유 전 회장과 마지막으로 금수원에서 만났다'며 유 전 회장이 금수원 내부에 머물렀음을 인정하기도 했다.

검찰은 이날 유씨의 도피를 도운 혐의(범인은닉 등)로 지난 25일 체포한 추모(60)씨 등 기독교복음침례회(일명 구원파) 신도 4명을 구속했다. 이들은 도피에 필요한 물품을 전해주거나 차명 휴대전화를 마련해 준 혐의를 받고 있다.

검찰은 유씨와 함께 도피생활을 한 혐의로 전날 체포한 30대 여성 신도 신모씨에 대한 구속영장 청구 여부도 이날 중 결정할 계획이다.

미국에서 오래 생활한 신씨는 2∼3년 전부터 유씨의 사진작품 분류 등을 도와주는 업무를 맡아온 것으로 전해졌다.

검찰은 컨설팅비와 상표권료 등 명목으로 유씨 일가에 약 100억원을 몰아줘 회사에 손해를 끼친 혐의(특정경제범죄가중처벌법상 횡령 및 배임)를 받는 이강세(73) ㈜아해 전 대표와 이재영(62) 현 대표를 이날 구속기소했다. 

이 대표와 이 전 대표의 횡령 및 배임 혐의 액수는 각각 58억원과 37억원으로 조사됐다.

이런 가운데 검찰과 경찰은 전남 순천 지역을 중심으로 유씨 부자를 계속 추적하고 있다.

검찰은 '특정지역을 중심으로 포위망을 좁히고 있으며 그 지역을 벗어날 가능성을 열어두고 각종 연고지를 유기적으로 수색 중이다. 밀항 가능성에 대비해서도 정보를 수집하고 있다'고 말했다.

검찰은 유씨가 머물렀던 것으로 추정되는 순천 송치재 휴게소 인근 별장에서 지문을 채취해 정밀 감식을 하고 있다.

일가의 재산추적 및 환수 작업도 본격화되고 있다.

검찰은 전남 보길도 부황리에 있는 하나둘셋 농장 등 일가 소유 전국 영농조합법인과 한국녹색회 등 관련 단체들의 자금 흐름을 추적하는 한편 관계자들을 불러 조사 중이다.

검찰은 구원파 신도들이 연일 수사를 비난하는데 대해 '법 무시가 금도를 넘었다고 본다'면서 '유씨를 조속히 출석시키고 금수원에 모인 신도들은 자진 해산할 것을 강력히 권고한다'고 밝혔다. (연합뉴스)
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