Goseong-gun Cracks Down on Fraudulent Distribution of Goseong Love Gift Certificates... 'Kkang' Referred for Investigation

Goseong County Office, Gyeongnam.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Song Jong-gu] Goseong-gun, Gyeongnam Province will intensively crack down on the illegal distribution of Goseong Love Gift Certificates for three weeks from October 31 to November 18.

This crackdown is part of a nationwide simultaneous inspection of local love gift certificates. The inspection team plans to conduct on-site checks of franchise stores where suspicious illegal distribution was confirmed based on abnormal transaction details detected in the gift certificate management system and reports received at the illegal distribution suspicion reporting center.

The main types of targets for the crackdown include ▲receiving or exchanging gift certificates without selling goods or providing services ▲receiving or exchanging gift certificates through transactions exceeding actual sales amounts ▲franchise stores operating in restricted business sectors ▲refusing gift certificate payments or treating them less favorably compared to other payment methods.

In particular, considering that a large volume of paper-type gift certificates circulated due to resident support funds in Goseong-gun, the inspection will focus on the exchange records of paper-type gift certificates.

When illegal exchanges are detected, penalties such as cancellation of franchise registration, recovery of unfair profits, and fines of up to 20 million KRW will be imposed. In cases where serious illegal distribution such as large-scale “Kkang” is suspected, the matter will be referred to investigative authorities.

Lee Hyung-ho, Director of the Job Economy Division, said, “We will thoroughly crack down on franchise stores that receive unfair profits through illegal exchanges to establish a sound gift certificate distribution order and continuously monitor to ensure that the primary purpose of the gift certificates, which is to promote consumption within the region, is properly achieved.”

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