Office for Government Policy Coordination Requests Investigation of 376 Individuals for False Tax Invoices and Fraudulent Solar Power Facilities

Follow-up Measures After Inspection of the Operation Status of the Electric Power Industry Infrastructure Fund Project

[Asia Economy Sejong=Reporter Kim Hyewon] The Anti-Corruption Promotion Team of the Office for Government Policy Coordination announced on the 30th that it has referred 1,265 cases of violations related to the Electric Power Industry Infrastructure Fund projects, involving a total of 376 people, to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office for investigation.

This is a follow-up measure to the inspection results of the operation status of the Electric Power Fund projects announced by the Office for Government Policy Coordination on the 13th.

The Office for Government Policy Coordination selected the subjects for investigation from the initially detected 2,267 cases (worth 261.6 billion KRW) by considering the applicability of individual legal penalties, the necessity of criminal punishment, and the statute of limitations.

Fourteen individuals (99 cases) who issued false tax invoices worth 20.1 billion KRW and borrowed 14.1 billion KRW are suspected of fraud and violations of the Tax Offense Punishment Act.

Seventeen individuals (20 cases) who installed disguised solar power facilities such as mushroom cultivation houses and borrowed 3.4 billion KRW were referred for investigation on charges of fraud and violations of the Farmland Act.

Three hundred thirty-three unregistered contractors involved in solar power installation construction contracts and illegal subcontracting (1,129 cases) are subject to investigation for violations of the Electrical Construction Business Act, and five individuals (15 cases) involved in bid rigging for the purchase of electrical safety inspection equipment face charges of bid interference and related offenses.

Additionally, four individuals (1 case) who excessively accounted for 7.7 billion KRW of private burden in the household smart power platform subsidy project and executed subsidies worth 14.1 billion KRW were referred for investigation on charges of breach of trust and violations of the Subsidy Act, and three individuals (1 case) related to the purchase of solar power generation equipment were referred for investigation on charges including falsification of official documents.

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