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A bank teller who secretly canceled a customer's term deposit for 10 years and used it for living expenses was arrested.
The 11th Criminal Division of the Cheongju District Court announced today (5th) that a 41-year-old former Saemaul Geumgo employee A, who was indicted without detention on charges of embezzling customer money, was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison and taken into custody.
From 2010 to 2019, Mr. A hijacked 1.06 billion won by canceling customers' term deposits or taking loans in the customer's name 72 times in total from 2010 to 2019.
Customers who asked to “re-deposit their expired deposits” without knowing that their deposits had been canceled were tricked into thinking that money had been deposited into a new account.
In the process, Mr. A accessed the Saemaul Geumgo computer system, created a new account, processed the deposit, and sent the relevant passbook to the customer, then closed the account again.
Mr. A used the stolen 1 billion won for living expenses.
A reimbursed 540 million won after the crime was discovered.
The court ruled, "The amount of embezzlement is very large and the quality of the crime is not good. However, we have worked hard for a long time to repay the damage and have taken into consideration the fact that we have young children to support."