"Accused of Taking Gift Sets Worth Tens of Millions of Won"…Former Jeonnam Deputy Head Sued Before Retirement
A business in the Jeonnam region filed a complaint, claiming that a retired public official who served as a deputy county governor in a basic local government in Jeonnam had defrauded them during his tenure.
A, the CEO operating several businesses including a coffee specialty shop and SNS agency services targeting local governments in the region, announced on the 21st that he filed a complaint with the Gwangju Police Agency in early June against former public official B (retired Secretary General).
In the complaint, A claimed that starting in 2016, B began building a friendship with the chairman of A’s company, emphasizing his influence as a high-ranking public official in the local community and suggesting he would assist with the company’s bids and projects. From 2017 until last year, B allegedly took coffee and coffee gift sets worth approximately 26.89 million KRW without payment.
In particular, B, who was a senior public official, reportedly consumed free coffee at A’s caf? hundreds of times and took coffee gift sets, causing damages amounting to tens of millions of KRW. Despite his public official status, from July 2022, he was provided with the company’s corporate card and is said to have used about 13 million KRW.
Following the filing of this complaint, B also responded.
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B stated, "It is true that I used the corporate card partially, but concerned about potential issues, I returned about 3 million KRW of the corporate card expenses incurred between July and September 2022, when my public service overlapped." He added, "After retiring, I took charge of venue management within the business in March and was appointed CEO of a public official training company, but was unfairly dismissed in June after only three months and have filed a complaint with the Labor Office. I believe this complaint was filed as retaliation for that reason."
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