Man in his 30s accused of stealing 20 million won in transaction money, acquitted

An office worker in his 30s who was suspected of embezzling company transaction funds was cleared of charges.

On July 31, Gyeonggi Hwaseong West Police Station decided not to forward Mr. A, a man who was booked on charges of embezzlement and breach of trust.

Mr. A was accused of embezzling approximately 20 million won in payment received from a customer while working at Company B, a ship logistics company, and causing damage to the company of approximately 120 million won by ignoring the company's instructions not to issue documents.

Company B claimed that the customer suffered damage due to Mr. A's actions, and that the company compensated for the loss.

Mr. A denied the charges, saying that the transaction amount was normally delivered through an in-house employee.

However, they refuted that it was either not delivered due to an employee's mistake, or a problem occurred in the ledger while the company was processing other unpaid amounts, making proper confirmation impossible.

He emphasized that the issuance of documents was also carried out through consultation with business partners, and that storage fees were incurred due to long-term storage issues due to local circumstances.

The police determined that Mr. A was not guilty.

The police said, "Considering that the company mainly manages funds in cash and deposits them in bulk, there is no way to prove which part of the money remitted from the sales department was partially deposited by the suspect. Since the company managed funds without clearly distinguishing the fares for individual payments, it should not be inferred that the suspect embezzled because he was unable to explain the whereabouts of the fares or submit data."

He added, “When looking at the conversation between the customer in charge and the suspect, it is confirmed that there were logistics that incurred storage fees,” and added, “There is no reason to believe that the suspect committed a crime to benefit or generate profits for a third party based solely on the data submitted by the complainant.”

Attorney Ji Min-hee of Daeryun Law Firm, who represented Mr. A, explained, "Company B holds business meetings several times a week to manage receivables, and if receivables had arisen in this situation, they would have already been managed. As a rule of thumb, it is simply impossible for Mr. A to embezzle the transaction proceeds in this situation."
 

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Reporter Go Woori

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