'Another Incident'... NongHyup Employee Embezzled 4 Billion Won to Cover Gambling Losses (Comprehensive)

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] The police have launched an investigation after a report was received that a Nonghyup employee embezzled approximately 4 billion won from the bank.

According to the police on the 15th, the Gyeonggi Gwangju Police Station urgently arrested and is currently investigating A (36), a Nonghyup employee in Gyeonggi Province, on suspicion of violating the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (embezzlement in the course of duty) yesterday. A is suspected of embezzling bank funds by transferring money to other people's accounts to cover losses from gambling such as Sports Toto since April. He was an employee in charge of cash handling at the bank and reportedly managed cash collected at branches in various regions. Nonghyup confirmed a large amount of money was missing during the cash on hand inspection (the money remaining in the vault after lending out customer deposits) and reported it to the police at around 9:17 PM the previous day.

After urgently arresting A, the police detained him in a detention center and have been conducting an investigation since this morning by receiving materials from Nonghyup's internal investigation. The police stated that they plan to continue investigating accomplices who received the embezzled bank money via account transfers. The police intend to apply for an arrest warrant for A as early as this afternoon after questioning him.

Under the Criminal Procedure Act, investigative agencies must decide whether to request an arrest warrant for a suspect who has been urgently arrested within 48 hours. If a warrant is not requested within this time, the suspect must be released immediately. A police official said, "Since the bank directly confirmed the matter, it appears there is sufficient evidence," adding, "Due to the large amount involved, we plan to apply for an arrest warrant as soon as the initial investigation is completed."

Recently, large-scale embezzlement cases by employees have been occurring one after another in the financial sector. Earlier, an employee of Woori Bank was indicted on charges of embezzling about 60 billion won of company funds. Last month, an employee of Saemaeul Geumgo turned himself in to the police for embezzling funds from the credit union. The day before, an employee of KB Savings Bank was handed over to the prosecution on charges of embezzling 9.4 billion won of company funds.

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