Police Officer Arrested and Prosecuted for Accepting Money to Overlook Crime

An active police officer was arrested on charges of accepting bribes and aiding a crime after helping a fake luxury goods seller withdraw criminal proceeds.

The Criminal Division 3 of Daegu District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Jo Yong-woo) announced on the 16th that they have arrested and indicted Police Lieutenant A (40), affiliated with a police station in Daegu, on charges of bribery, and have indicted B (42), a distributor of forged bank accounts, without detention on charges of bribery offering.

Lieutenant A is accused of neglecting to take action against B (42), whom he came to know while investigating a 2.6 billion KRW fake luxury goods sales fraud case in February 2019 while working at the Daegu Police Agency Cyber Investigation Unit, despite knowing that B supplied forged bank accounts under the name of homeless person C.

Lieutenant A is also accused of receiving 20 million KRW in return after finding out the residence information of C and informing B, following a request from B on January 6, 2020, to find C so that B could withdraw about 57 million KRW remaining in the forged bank account.

After the investigation was dismissed, it was revealed that B continued the crime by distributing forged bank accounts. During the investigation of an overseas gift site fraud case transferred by the police in December last year, the prosecution confirmed Lieutenant A’s crime upon discovering evidence of money exchange between the police officer and brokers.

During the police investigation stage, there were statements and letters claiming that brokers gave money to police officers under the pretext of dismissing the overseas gift site fraud case investigation, but no investigation was conducted at that time.

The prosecution is currently investigating Lieutenant A for additional bribery and lobbying allegations to dismiss investigations.

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