Deep Tide TechFlow news. On June 24, according to the Korea JoongAng Daily, 22 bitcoins that the Seoul Gangnam Police Station had previously kept during its investigation of a financial hacker case have been lost, valued at approximately 2.2 billion Korean won based on the latest market price. The investigation found that because the bitcoins involved were stored in an offline wallet held by the person who filed the report, relevant personnel who knew the recovery phrase subsequently restored the assets and liquidated them externally.

The police said that at the time of the incident, there were no formal internal guidelines regarding how virtual assets should be custody-managed, so no separate oversight or disciplinary procedures were initiated for the personnel responsible for evidence management. The handling has drawn public questions about the police’s management of virtual-asset evidence and the mechanisms for pursuing accountability.