"Please Cover Up the Case"... Police Officer Charged for Receiving Money from Fraud Suspect

Suspected of Receiving 14 Million Won in Four Installments Over Five Months

The prosecution indicted a senior police officer who received money and valuables in exchange for covering up a case involving a suspect under investigation for fraud.
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[Asia Economy Kim Gun-chan, Intern Reporter] A senior police officer who received money in exchange for covering up a case from a suspect under investigation for fraud has been brought to trial.

The Suwon District Prosecutors' Office Seongnam Branch's Corruption and Violent Crime Division (Chief Prosecutor Park Geon-wook) announced on the 30th that they have arrested and indicted Detective A (59), affiliated with a police station in the Seoul area, on charges including bribery under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes.

Additionally, B (79), who handed over the money to A, was indicted without detention on charges of bribery.

A is accused of receiving 14 million won in four installments over five months from B, who was under investigation for a fraud case while working in the criminal division of a police station in the Gangwon area in November 2017.

At that time, B is understood to have given money to Detective A in an attempt to solicit favors from the police officer investigating him.

This case came to light after B, who was serving a prison sentence for murder, reported the matter through the National Police Agency's Civil Petition Service, prompting an investigation.

Initially, the police judged in September last year that A received the money without any exchange and referred the case to the prosecution on charges of violating the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act.

Through supplementary investigation, the prosecution uncovered that A received money in exchange for covering up the case and applied the more severe charge of bribery, leading to A's arrest.

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