Former South Korean official's suspended sentence upheld in PURE bribe case

An appeals court has upheld a suspended prison sentence and a fine for a former official of South Korea's Ministry of the Interior and Safety convicted of bribery in connection with the PuriEver (PURE) coin, Newsis reported. The official was found to have accepted PURE tokens from the coin's issuer in 2021, prior to its listing on the South Korean exchange Coinone, in exchange for providing promotional favors.