KPGA Labor Union Files Additional Charges Against Former CEO for Breach of Trust and Embezzlement

Complaint Filed with Bundang Police Station, Gyeonggi Southern Provincial Police Agency
Suspicion Over Use of Corporate Funds for Legal Defense in Criminal Case

The former CEO of the Korea Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA) Tour has been additionally charged with breach of trust and embezzlement.

On July 7, the KPGA labor union announced that it had filed a complaint with the Bundang Police Station of the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency, accusing former CEO A of breach of trust in the course of his work and, as a preliminary charge, embezzlement in the course of his work.

The KPGA labor union has filed charges against the former CEO for breach of trust and embezzlement. Provided by the KPGA labor union

According to the KPGA labor union, A was already indicted in April for disadvantaging a victim of workplace sexual harassment and is currently facing criminal trial at the Seongnam Branch of Suwon District Court. The latest charges were brought after allegations emerged that A had made the KPGA Tour corporation bear the legal expenses for his own criminal defense.

Evidence submitted by the union to the investigative authorities shows that in November 2022, the KPGA Tour entered into a contract with a major domestic law firm to provide legal defense in A's criminal case regarding "unfavorable treatment." The corporation paid a retainer fee of 33 million won using company funds. At the time, A, as the final decision-maker at the company, approved these legal expenses for his own criminal defense without going through a board resolution process, handling the payment out of company funds.

A union representative pointed out, "At the time, management tried to evade responsibility by posting public notices and sending texts to all 7,000 KPGA members that distorted the facts, rather than uncovering the truth behind the sexual harassment incident and protecting the victim." The representative continued, "The perpetrator of the sexual harassment was ultimately found guilty by the Supreme Court, and the former CEO who imposed heavy disciplinary measures on the victim has also been brought to criminal trial."

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