Moved Around Food Courts Stealing 139 Times... Gradually Stole 11 Million Won

30s Management Staff Embezzled Small Amounts Repeatedly
Also Known to Have Provided Real-Name for Burner Phone Registration

An employee who habitually took money from the cash register while working in a food court inside a mart was sentenced to prison.

According to Yonhap News on the 16th, Hwang Hyung-joo, chief judge of the 2nd Criminal Division at Ulsan District Court, sentenced Mr. A, who was indicted on charges of theft, to 2 years and 6 months in prison.

Mr. A was charged with stealing cash while working as a food court manager at a mart in Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, from August last year to January this year.

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He stole a total of 13 million KRW from 13 managed stores, including 11.2 million KRW stolen in 139 instances at one store.

It is known that Mr. A opened the cash register using a memorized password during work and took the money. To avoid detection, he repeatedly embezzled small amounts ranging from 30,000 to 50,000 KRW.

In January this year, after stealing the master key to the cash register, Mr. A moved to Ulsan and opened the cash registers at four food court stores in a large mart to take money.

Mr. A is also known to have provided his name to a telephone financial fraud organization to open USIM cards, landline phones, and burner phones, receiving compensation for it.

The court stated the sentencing reasons, saying, "The number of victims is not small, and the amount of damage is also large, reaching approximately 13 million KRW. (Mr. A) committed crimes even while under police investigation after some of his crimes were discovered and did not compensate for the damages."

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