Postmaster Embezzles 120 Million Won from Safe

A local postmaster was caught embezzling a large sum of public funds from the post office safe.

According to the Jeonnam Regional Postal Service and the police on the 3rd, a postmaster in the Jeonnam area, Mr. A, is under police investigation for allegedly embezzling approximately 120 million KRW of public funds over the past several months (embezzlement in the course of duty).

Mr. A secretly took cash stored in the post office safe and used it for personal purposes. The postal authorities detected Mr. A's misconduct during an internal audit in August this year and requested a police investigation last month.

After the embezzlement was uncovered, Mr. A repaid about 70 million KRW. The police plan to forward the case to the prosecution once the investigation is complete.

The Jeonnam Postal Service held a disciplinary committee on the 27th of last month, just before the Chuseok holiday, and dismissed Mr. A.

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