Accountant Indicted for Tax Audit Bribery, 200M Embezzlement
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Accountant Indicted for Tax Audit Bribery, 200M Embezzlement Prosecutors seize Gangnam assets to recover 200M won; tax official charged with leaking audit materials
A certified public accountant suspected of embezzling hundreds of millions of won by promising to suppress tax audits and subsequently bribing tax officials has been referred to trial.
The Busan District Prosecution Service Serious Crimes Prosecution Division 1 (Chief Kim Choon-hoon) indicted Certified Public Accountant A, 53 years old, on November 6 on charges of violating the Attorney-At-Law Act and offering bribes. Additionally, Tax Official B, 53 years old, accused of leaking confidential tax audit materials in exchange for bribes (charges of bribery followed by abuse of authority and leaking official secrets), was also indicted.
A, a former head of a tax division at an accounting firm, is alleged to have lobbied National Tax Service officials during a tax audit of a listed company in Busan in April 2021, securing 100 million Korean won under the pretext of reducing the tax assessment.
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