Train conductor charged with embezzlement for taking luxury wallet left by passenger

Passenger registered lost item only after calling 112
Incheon Transit Corporation train operator... suspended from position

A subway train operator was caught by the police for secretly taking a luxury wallet left behind by a passenger on the train.

According to a report by Yonhap News on the 26th, the Yeonsu Police Station in Incheon announced that they had booked Mr. A, a man in his 30s and a train operator affiliated with Incheon Transit Corporation, without detention on charges of embezzlement.

Mr. A is suspected of secretly taking a Prada card wallet worth about 400,000 won, which passenger Mr. B left behind on a train turning around at Songdo Dalbit Festival Park Station on Incheon Subway Line 1 in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, around 5:30 p.m. on the 19th, without returning it.

Incheon Subway [Image source=Yonhap News]

At the time, Mr. A found Mr. B’s wallet while inspecting the train during the turnaround but lied to Mr. B, who later came to retrieve the wallet, saying, "I did not find the wallet." It is known that he kept the wallet himself and only returned the three credit cards inside the wallet to Mr. B. When Mr. B reported the incident to 112, Mr. A then registered the wallet as lost property with the subway. Mr. A later went to the police station and confessed to the crime.

After confirming Mr. A’s wrongdoing, Incheon Transit Corporation dismissed him from his position. The corporation plans to hold a disciplinary committee to determine the level of disciplinary action against Mr. A.

An official from Incheon Transit Corporation stated, "Mr. A, as an employee of the corporation who values passengers’ trust, committed an act that should never have happened," and added, "We plan to hold a disciplinary committee once the police notify us of the investigation results."

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