Police Conduct Search and Seizure at Two Locations Including LG Electronics Sales Headquarters... 'Hiring Corruption Allegations' (Comprehensive)

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[Asia Economy Reporters Donghoon Jeong and Gimin Lee] The police are conducting a search and seizure of the HR team at LG Electronics Korea Sales Headquarters and LG Electronics' cloud servers in connection with allegations of recruitment irregularities.

According to the police and business circles on the 15th, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Intelligent Crime Investigation Unit has been conducting a search and seizure of the HR team at the LG Seoul Station Building located in Jung-gu, Seoul since the morning.

The LG Electronics cloud servers at the Sangam IT Center in Mapo-gu, Seoul, managed by LG CNS, were also included in the police's search and seizure targets.

LG CNS is an IT solution and outsourcing affiliate of LG Group that provides IT services, and since last year, it has been working on converting physical servers for LG Electronics and LG Chem into cloud servers.

The police are reportedly securing HR-related electronic data while simultaneously obtaining resumes and scoring sheets of candidates involved in the irregular recruitment.

It is reported that after extensive preliminary investigations and inquiries, the police identified suspicious recruitment activities related to employees in charge of public recruitment and other HR tasks at LG Electronics Korea Sales Headquarters between 2013 and 2015, leading to the search and seizure.

An LG Electronics official stated, "We are currently assessing the situation," and added, "It is difficult to respond regarding the specific allegations behind the search and seizure."

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