A bookkeeper in her 20s who used hundreds of millions of won in company funds for personal purposes was sentenced to prison.
According to legal sources on the 22nd, the Busan District Court Criminal Division 5 (Presiding Judge Kim Hyun-soon) recently sentenced a woman in her 20s, A, to three years in prison on charges including violation of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (embezzlement).
A, who worked as a bookkeeper at a company in Busan, is accused of siphoning off about 570 million won by transferring money from the company's account to her own a total of 680 times from 2021 to August last year. A is also accused of forging a certificate of balance for the company's deposits trust and submitting it to the tax accounting office in charge to hide the embezzlement. A is said to have spent the diverted money on coin investments, overseas travel, and living expenses.
The court said, "While employed as a bookkeeper, A embezzled funds using the company's corporate bankbook and seal in her custody, and to conceal this, she altered and used private documents," adding, "We considered that the crimes were repeated over a long period, the total embezzled amount was large, and the damage has not been recovered to date." A appealed the ruling.