Embezzled Tens of Millions of Won With Job Promises
Six Victims Reported
A private academy operator who claimed to be a correctional welfare expert and ran an unaccredited school has been put on trial for violating the Higher Education Act. Although tuition was collected and students were recruited, the classes were operated privately without official accreditation.
On the 12th, Presiding Judge Jang Chansu of the Gwangju District Court's Criminal Division 3 held the first trial for academy operator A (61). A is accused of opening a "Correctional Welfare Professional School" in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju from 2020 without the approval of the Minister of Education, and charging students 2 million won per semester for courses aimed at obtaining correctional welfare-related certificates.
He is reported to have recruited students by saying, "After graduation, you can get a job at the association or earn tens of millions of won annually in correctional-related positions," and collected about 16 million won from five students. He is also suspected of collecting an additional 2.6 million won by claiming that "if you obtain an environmental manager certificate, you will be guaranteed 100% employment after the law is revised."
A is known as someone who has published books related to prisons, served as an executive at a private association for inmate human rights, and claimed to be a correctional welfare expert. He is currently under investigation for other charges as well, and is expected to state whether he admits to the charges at the next trial.
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