South Korean Court Jails Civil Servant Who Stole Public Funds to Buy Crypto
A South Korean court has handed a suspended jail term to a civil servant who stole thousands of USD worth of public funds to pay for crypto investments. Per Yonhap, the public official was handed a one-year suspended pri...
Per Yonhap, the public official was handed a one-year suspended prison sentence, as well as two years of probation.
The official was not named for legal reasons.
The individual was in charge of budget expenditure at an administrative welfare center in the city of Ulsan, South Gyeongsang Province....
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