At time of reporting (2020), there was a concluded investigation/prosecution related to this case in the country of origin (Republic of Korea).
The outcome was that Defendant A was sentenced to life in prison and confiscation of KRW 220,500,000,000.
The date of confiscation order was December 1996 in the Rep. of Korea. The order was enforced in February - August 2014 in the United States.
The date of asset freezing/seizure order was August 2013 in the Rep. of Korea. The freezing order was enforced in February - August 2014 in the United States.
Specific factors that helped make the asset return possible in this case was in order to make asset recovery possible for this case, the MOJ of Korea and DOJ of the U.S. had many working level meetings and provided each other with relevant documents. Thanks to these efforts, Defendant A's hidden assets in the U.S. were returned to Korea.