A political scandal in Liberia developed in 2014 after the arrest of a group of South Korean businessmen and seizure of US$247,500 from them by the National Security Agency, a national level internal security agency of Liberia. The Minister of Justice and Attorney General at time of the incident resigned and accused the President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of interference in an investigation of the Liberian NSA. The head of the NSA is , Sirleaf's stepson, raising concerns about family ties impairing the investigation.