The Corruption Investigation Office Conducts Additional Search and Seizure at the Residence of a Current Police Superintendent Accused of Bribery

Prosecutors' Office "Detected Attempts to Destroy Evidence"

The High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Division (HOGCID), currently investigating bribery allegations against an active police executive, has detected attempts to destroy evidence and has launched additional search and seizure operations.

On the 2nd, the 3rd Investigation Department of HOGCID (Chief Prosecutor Song Chang-jin) is conducting additional search and seizure at four locations, including the residence of the active police superintendent serving as a deputy commissioner at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, in connection with bribery allegations involving amounts in the hundreds of millions of won. HOGCID has detected some attempts to destroy evidence and is searching locations related to persons involved in the case.

Earlier, on the 21st of last month, HOGCID searched more than ten locations, including Superintendent A’s office at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, the office of Daewoo Industrial Development, which is accused of providing the bribes, and residences of related parties.

Superintendent A is suspected of having received bribes worth several hundred million won multiple times while serving in a previous position, not the current one. It is known that HOGCID independently became aware of related criminal intelligence earlier this year and has been conducting a preliminary investigation.

HOGCID believes that while Superintendent A was working at the Gangwon Police Agency in the first half of last year, he was promised 300 million won by senior executives of Daewoo Industrial Development along with a request to suppress the investigation by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Financial Crime Investigation Unit into Daewoo Industrial Development’s accounting fraud allegations, and subsequently received bribes totaling more than 100 million won over several occasions.

At that time, senior executives of Daewoo Industrial Development were under investigation by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Financial Crime Investigation Unit for allegations including accounting fraud.