Man accused of conspiring to embezzle with his spouse... Prosecutors declined to indict as there was no evidence of involvement.

The company claims, “The couple stole 2.3 billion won together.”
Prosecutors “As a result of account analysis, it cannot be considered a collusion.”

A man who was handed over to the prosecution for embezzling company money with his spouse was acquitted.

On the 28th of last month, the Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office decided not to indict Mr. A, in his 50s, who was sent on charges of violating the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (embezzlement).

Mr. A was accused of conspiring with his spouse, Mr. B, to embezzle approximately 2.3 billion won from the account of the company where Mr. B worked on 4,700 occasions over 8 years from 2015.

First, Mr. B, who was indicted on embezzlement charges, was sentenced to prison. Afterwards, the company claimed that the two people colluded, saying that Mr. B used most of the embezzled money for Mr. A and through this he subscribed to excessive amounts of insurance. He also emphasized that Mr. A canceled all insurance policies he had subscribed to after Mr. B's arrest.

Mr. A denied the charges. He refuted that he only found out about this after the case was reported to the police, and that he was not aware of his spouse's crime at all.

In addition, the company claimed that since the company had seized the insurance money, there was no reason to make additional payments, so the insurance was canceled.

The police decided not to send the case. The police said, “As a result of analyzing Mr. B’s account, there are no circumstances to believe that the suspect was involved in the crime. Considering that Mr. B also stated that he had no knowledge of the crime, it is difficult to say that he conspired to commit embezzlement.”

The company, which was dissatisfied with this, filed an objection and the case was sent to the prosecution, but the prosecution also decided not to prosecute for the same reason.

Attorney Byun Kwan-hoon of Daeryun Law Firm, who represented Mr. A in this case, said, “Because Mr. B was in charge of household management, it was difficult for Mr. A to know not only how much he had embezzled, but also the fact that the crime had occurred.” He added, “We were able to get an acquittal by proving that Mr. A’s expenditures were made up of Mr. A’s earned income, not the embezzled money.”

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