Audit report confirmed for absence of server worth 82 million won... Delivery processed without on-site confirmation
(Cheongju = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeon Chang-hae = Through its own audit, Chungbuk Province discovered that an employee of Chungbuk Provincial University had caused property damage to the university by neglecting a product contract worth tens of millions of won, and began requesting severe disciplinary action against the employee and requesting an investigation.
According to the results of the comprehensive audit of Chungbuk Provincial University released by Chungbuk Province on the 29th, the university received funding from the National Research Foundation of Korea for the Junior College Innovation Support Project in 2024 and performed a specific system construction task.
In an audit conducted from April 29 to May 14, the provincial audit team visited the university computer room to check whether the servers needed to build the system were properly delivered, but the servers that were supposed to be there did not exist somewhere.
The product purchase contract stated that two servers (KRW 82 million) from the parent company had been delivered, but it was reported that only one server from another company, whose delivery was unknown, was on site at the time.
This problem was also confirmed during the National Research Foundation of Korea's subsidy execution inspection process in October last year, and it was revealed that a request was made to recover 41 million won in project costs equivalent to one server.
Mr. A, a team leader-level employee of the university who was in charge of the relevant work at the time, stated that at the request of the company performing the service, the product was delivered to the company's office in Seoul, not the university, and that he prepared and submitted an inspection report based on photos of the two servers sent by the company.
In the end, without on-site confirmation that the server had been properly delivered, a report was created based solely on photographs whose authenticity was unknown, and a payment worth 82 million won was made.
Regardless of whether Mr. A's negligence in inspection and inspection was intentional or due to the company's deception, the provincial audit team judged that the result of property damage to the university was clear.
At the same time, he requested that the university issue a warning to the university and take severe disciplinary action against Mr. A.
In addition, he ordered that Mr. A and related companies be investigated by the police to confirm the facts related to the alleged breach of trust and server delivery, and that necessary measures be taken so that related measures can be taken, such as initiating disciplinary proceedings against Mr. A, depending on the results.
Meanwhile, in this audit, severe punishment was also requested for Professor B, who induced the company to split the purchase of equipment worth 160 million won into three private contracts in order to funnel work to a company he knew.
Information related to the comprehensive audit of Chungbuk Provincial University can be found through the information disclosure corner of the Chungbuk Provincial University website.
