On the 12th, the Gimhae Seobu Police Station in Gyeongnam announced that it had requested an arrest warrant for a Woori Bank employee accused of embezzling approximately 10 billion KRW in customer loan funds.
According to the police, a deputy-level employee in their 30s, identified as A, at the Woori Bank Gimhae branch, is suspected of embezzling loan funds by forging loan applications and deposit-related documents from early this year until recently.
The embezzled money was reportedly invested in overseas futures and cryptocurrencies, resulting in investment losses of about 6 billion KRW.
Woori Bank stated that it detected unusual signs in the loan process through its internal control system and uncovered the financial crime. A voluntarily confessed to the crime to the police on the 10th.
The police plan to investigate A regarding the possible involvement of accomplices and the exact amount of investment.
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