An employee of KB Savings Bank, who stole 9.4 billion won of company money for 6 years and used it as gambling funds, was arrested.
The Songpa Police Station in Seoul announced today (8th) that they arrested a 40-year-old KB savings bank employee yesterday on charges of fraud and forgery of private documents under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes.
The Seoul Eastern District Court issued a warrant yesterday, saying "there is a risk of escape" after conducting an interrogation of the suspect before the arrest of Mr.
Person A, who was in charge of corporate finance at KB Savings Bank, is accused of forging a total of 9.4 billion won while lending money to companies for six years from 2015.
It is said that most of the stolen money was used for gambling funds.
Initially, the amount of embezzlement the bank caught through its own audit was 3 billion won, but it is known that the amount has more than tripled as the police investigated.
A police official said, "After the further investigation is completed, we plan to send it to the prosecution."
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