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Finance
IBK Industrial Bank of Korea launches digital consular-certified financial power of attorney service
IBK Industrial Bank of Korea has introduced a service that allows overseas Koreans to deliver consular-certified powers of attorney needed for domestic financial transactions as electronic documents. The bank said it began the “Digital Consular-Certified Financial Power of Attorney Service” on July 30. The service supports electronic transmission and verification of consular-confirmed documents issued at overseas diplomatic missions, enabling faster processing of domestic financial transactions while abroad.
Crypto
Ex-FBI agent charged with stealing $1 million in crypto from seized wallets, sought ChatGPT investment advice
A former FBI supervisory special agent has been charged with stealing about $1 million in cryptocurrency by using access information from wallets obtained during investigations. Prosecutors say Patrick Steven Yaroch moved funds from target wallets to accounts he controlled while working in the FBI’s counterintelligence and espionage unit and holding Top Secret clearance. Investigators found a Trezor hardware wallet, seed phrases and assets in his Kraken account, and recovered ChatGPT chats about investing $1 million and obtaining EU residency or citizenship.
Finance
Overseas Koreans to digitise financial power of attorney, process directly at banks without international mail
Inconvenience for overseas Koreans who had to send powers of attorney by international mail to handle banking in South Korea is expected to ease. The Overseas Koreans Agency, the Financial Services Commission and the Korea Financial Telecommunications and Clearings Institute signed an MOU with eight financial companies to launch a digital consular-certified financial power of attorney service. The service will transmit certified documents electronically to banks and use a blockchain-based system to verify authenticity.