Current lawyer arrested and forwarded on charges of embezzlement and fraud of 1.2 billion won in deposited money

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Eui-jin = A current lawyer suspected of embezzling about 1.2 billion won in deposited money from his law firm was detained and handed over to the prosecution.

Seoul Seocho Police Station announced on the 29th that it arrested and transferred Mr. A, a man in his 40s, to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on the 28th on charges of embezzlement, fraud, forgery of private documents, and defense under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes.

He, a lawyer, is accused of embezzling about 1.2 billion won in a client's provisional seizure release deposit deposited to his law firm in September of last year.

It was found that Mr. A did not repay the 500 million won he borrowed from acquaintances in October last year because he needed a deposit to return to the commercial tenant.

He is also accused of deceiving a marriage information company by introducing himself as someone with assets worth 10 billion won, and then defrauding a woman he met through the company of tens of millions of won.

The police have received complaints against Mr. A from a total of 13 people since last March.

The police, who received an arrest warrant for Mr. A on the 23rd, investigated the specific circumstances of the crime and then handed over the case to the prosecution.