The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Anti-Corruption and Public Crime Investigation Unit announced on the 13th that it was raiding a total of six locations, including the Yongsan CGV office, the offices of related departments in the headquarters of Lotte Cinema in Songpa-gu, the offices in the Megabox movie theater in Seoul, and the headquarters of three movie distributors.
These movie theaters and distributors are accused of fabricating the number of audiences, manipulating box office rankings, and interfering with the Korean Film Council's work.
Jiye Choi, staff reporter at TenAsia wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr