Gyeonggi-do Private High School Principal and Administrative Director Transferred 200 Million Won to Ghost Employees, Referred with Indictment Recommendation

Kwonikwi Receives Reports at 'Private School Corruption and Fraud Reporting Center', Transfers to Police with Prosecution Recommendation
Plan to Recover 26 Million Won in Improperly Paid Personnel Support Funds

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] It has been revealed that the principal and two administrative officers of a private high school in Gyeonggi-do, who fabricated attendance records for employees who did not work in order to embezzle salary support funds from the education office, have been referred to the prosecution with a recommendation for indictment. The improperly paid amount of over 210 million KRW has been recovered.

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission announced on the 16th the results of transferring a corruption report related to suspected private school tuition fund accounting fraud, which was received by the 'Private School Corruption and Fraud Reporting Center' in August last year, to the National Police Agency and the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education.

The administrative officer of this school paid the salary of Mr. A from the school tuition fund from March 2015 to September last year, even though Mr. A did not work in the school administrative office. From March 2015 to September last year, the salary was paid using personnel expense support funds received from the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education.

The police have booked the administrative officer who was involved in deciding Mr. A's salary payment and workplace. Subsequently, the principal, who knowingly paid the salary from the tuition fund despite Mr. A not working in the administrative office, was additionally booked and referred to the prosecution with a recommendation for indictment.

The school has recovered 210 million KRW in improperly paid salaries to Mr. A. The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education plans to recover approximately 26 million KRW in personnel expense support funds.

Han Samseok, Director of the Review and Protection Bureau at the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, stated, "The Commission receives and handles reports of private school corruption and fraudulent acts such as embezzlement, accounting fraud, preferential hiring of staff, and fraudulent receipt of subsidies and national scholarships," adding, "We plan to actively work to prevent budget waste through continuous monitoring of corrupt acts occurring in private schools."

From June 10 last year to June this year, the Commission operated the 'Private School Corruption and Fraud Reporting Center' jointly with related agencies, receiving and handling a total of 296 reported cases.