'Woori Bank Embezzlement' Employee's Acquaintance Who Helped Investment Arrested... "Risk of Flight and Evidence Tampering"

Seoul Central District Court / Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] A person suspected of assisting a Woori Bank employee, who was sent to the prosecution on charges of embezzling 61.4 billion won of company funds, has been arrested.

On the 6th, Judge Sangwoo Kim, in charge of warrants at the Seoul Central District Court, conducted a pre-arrest suspect interrogation (warrant review) for Mr. A, who is accused of violating the Act on the Regulation and Punishment of Criminal Proceeds Concealment, and subsequently issued an arrest warrant. Judge Kim stated the reason for issuing the warrant was "concerns over evidence destruction and flight risk."

Mr. A is suspected of assisting Woori Bank employee Mr. B by providing chart trading signals when Mr. B invested part of the embezzled funds in option trading products. It is reported that Mr. A became acquainted with Mr. B while handling IT tasks at a Woori Financial Group subsidiary from 2003 to 2009. After resigning, Mr. A worked as a full-time investor related to stocks and is said to have joined the crime at Mr. B's suggestion. However, Mr. A reportedly claimed to the police that he did not know the investment money was embezzled funds.

Earlier, the Seoul Namdaemun Police Station arrested Mr. A on the 4th and applied for an arrest warrant. Mr. A did not respond to any questions from the press when he appeared at the court for the warrant review on the same day.

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