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Yonhap news agency reported that prosecutors had arrested
three coaches and KSF board members on suspicion of embezzling
hundreds of thousands of dollars, with 1.8 billion won ($1.49
million) alone withdrawn from cash machines at casinos.
Prosecutors planned to release their findings on Thursday,
Yonhap said.
A federation official declined to comment when contacted by
Reuters on Tuesday.
Last Wednesday, prosecutors arrested an official from the KSF's
Mokpo office in South Jeolla province, southwest Korea, and
seized computer hard drives and documents from the branch
office.
That followed the arrest of a KSF board member late last month
amid allegations he accepted large sums of money from coaches to
influence the selection of national team athletes.
The arrests come after the sports ministry announced last month
it was discontinuing funding to several federations amid
concerns over corruption.
The KSF said in a statement last week that it had dismissed four
members caught up in the selection scandal.
(Reporting by Hooyeon Kim and Jee Heun Kahng; Writing by Peter
Rutherford; Editing by John O'Brien)
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