Last March, Mr. Kim (62), CEO of an accounting firm, visited a detective agency to find an accounting employee who had quit the company. This is because it was only after the employee left the company that he found out that the accounting employee had embezzled about 1.5 billion won in company money over four years. Mr. Kim reported the crime to the local police station early this year, but the police investigation remained stagnant for two months. In frustration, Mr. Kim eventually knocked on the detective's door. Yu Woo-jong, the head of the National Detective Agency who was asked to investigate the case, was able to find out during the four-month investigation that the employee had changed his appearance through plastic surgery. Mr. Kim said, “In a situation where the police had virtually given up, I assumed I was being deceived and hired a detective agency, but I had no idea they would actually find me... 

▶ Source of data: [Joongang Sunday]

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