"Twin Brother Takes Written Exam on Behalf"…Bank of Korea and Financial Supervisory Service Report New Employee

Last year, a new employee of the Bank of Korea was reported for having his twin brother take the written exam on his behalf during the Financial Supervisory Service's new employee recruitment process.

The Bank of Korea and the Financial Supervisory Service jointly announced on the 17th that they have filed a criminal complaint with investigative authorities against Bank of Korea employee A, who was found to have applied to both institutions' new employee recruitments and had his twin brother take the written exam in his place.

According to the Bank of Korea, A, who was hired as a new employee this year, applied to both the Bank of Korea and the Financial Supervisory Service's recruitments in the second half of last year, and had his twin brother take the Financial Supervisory Service's written exam on his behalf.

As a result of an internal investigation conducted by the Bank of Korea on the 15th and 16th, it was confirmed that A had his twin brother take the Financial Supervisory Service's first written exam on his behalf and passed, and then A himself took the Financial Supervisory Service's second written exam and first interview stage, passing both.

Afterwards, A did not attend the Financial Supervisory Service's second interview stage as he had been finally accepted by the Bank of Korea.

During the Bank of Korea recruitment process, A personally took all stages including the written exam, first practical interview (group discussion, in-depth interview), and second interview, and was finally accepted.

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The Bank of Korea explained, "At each stage of the process, identity verification is conducted through ID checks, and applicants are required to submit handwriting verification sheets to confirm whether the same person is taking the exam," adding, "Comparison of the handwriting verification sheets and the employment contract signed upon joining confirmed that it was the same person."

Although A did not commit any misconduct during the Bank of Korea recruitment process and did not ultimately pass the Financial Supervisory Service recruitment, the Bank of Korea judged that since the Financial Supervisory Service, where the proxy exam occurred, is likely the victim of interference with fair recruitment operations, it is necessary to confirm the facts through investigation.

The Bank of Korea plans to take strict disciplinary action against A depending on the investigation results.

The Bank of Korea stated, "To prevent recurrence of similar cases, we will cooperate with related institutions that hold written exams on the same day to review measures to block fraudulent acts such as proxy testing."

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