[5] After an arrest warrant was issued for two football players on 25 May by the Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea, the K League's match-fixing case began to surface.
[6] The prosecutors arrested two brokers and were investigating ten players, including former national team member Kim Dong-hyun.
[6] The reports of the arrests of two footballers by the South Korean media led to the exposure of the initial match-fixing scandals in the K League.
[7] On 30 May, former footballer Jung Jong-kwan, who played for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors was found dead in an apparent suicide.
On 29 June, another South Korean international Choi Sung-kuk voluntarily confessed that he attended a conspiracy, but didn't participate in match-fixing.
[13] On 12 July, Sangju Sangmu Phoenix manager Lee Soo-chul was arrested for accepting bribes and intimidation charges in 2010 season.