South Korea's biggest digital money trades were attacked by police and duty organizations this week for claimed tax avoidance, individuals acquainted with the examination said on Thursday.

"A couple of authorities from the National Tax Service assaulted our office this week," an authority at Coinone, a noteworthy digital currency trade in South Korea, told Reuters.

"Neighborhood police additionally have been exploring our organization since a year ago, they figure what we do is betting," said the official, who talked on the state of obscurity. He said Coinone was coordinating with the examination.

Bithumb, the second biggest virtual money administrator in South Korea, was additionally attacked by the assessment experts on Wednesday.

"We were asked by the expense authorities to reveal printed material and things yesterday," an authority at Bithumb stated, asking for namelessness because of the affectability of the issue.

South Korean money related specialists had already said they are reviewing six nearby banks that offer virtual cash records to organizations, in the midst of concerns the expanding utilization of such resources could prompt a surge in wrongdoing.

The crackdown on Seoul-based administrators of a portion of the world's busiest virtual money trades comes as the administration endeavors to quiet furious interest for digital money exchanging Asia's fourth-biggest economy.

Bitcoin BTC=BTSP's 1,500 percent surge a year ago has stirred enormous interest for cryptocurrency in South Korea, attracting understudies to housewives and starting worries about a betting fixation.