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A staff member in their 30s at Gimpo FC, a professional football club in K League 2, has been arrested for embezzling billions of won in club funds.
Gimpo Police Station announced today (September 17) that they have arrested an accounting employee at Gimpo FC, identified as Mr. A, on charges of occupational embezzlement under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Economic Crimes.
Mr. A is accused of embezzling 5.8 billion won in club funds by falsely reporting to superiors that club funds had been deposited into short-term savings this year while actually transferring the money to his own account.
Investigations revealed that Mr. A repeatedly filled back the embezzled funds during audit periods and then embezzled them again afterward.
It was uncovered that Mr. A used the embezzled money to purchase real estate and high-end vehicles.
As no accomplices aiding Mr. A have been identified so far, authorities believe the crime was likely committed alone.
Police plan to continue their investigation into an additional embezzlement of approximately 2.49 billion won further filed in complaints by Gimpo FC, on top of the 5.8 billion won embezzlement case investigated so far.
Previously, Gimpo FC detected signs of embezzlement amounting to 5.8 billion won during a financial account check in July and filed a complaint against Mr. A with the police.
Later, through a special audit, the club confirmed signs that Mr. A had embezzled an additional 2.5 billion won or so in funds and filed an additional complaint with the police.
(Photo provided by Gimpo FC, Yonhap News)
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