Ex-cop gets 15-year sentence request for 1 billion won fraud

Prosecutors are seeking a 15-year prison sentence for a former police officer who allegedly defrauded a construction company CEO of 1 billion won and a luxury car. The ex-officer, identified as A, is accused of taking the money and vehicle under the pretense of lobbying for a settlement in a 70 billion won embezzlement case. The prosecution also requested the confiscation of the foreign car.

A was a police officer at the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul. He and an accomplice, identified as C, a former deputy commissioner of the National Police Agency, allegedly received the cash and a foreign car worth 265 million won between March and May last year. They reportedly lied to the CEO, B, claiming they could pressure prosecutors in a 70 billion won embezzlement and breach of trust case.

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I admit and regret all the things I have done. I will gladly accept any punishment. I apologize once again to the victim.

A fled before his suspect interrogation for an arrest warrant in January but was captured in March at a golf course in Eumseong-gun, North Chungcheong Province. The prosecution has also requested a 15-year prison sentence for the accomplice, C. The court is scheduled to deliver its verdict on the case on the 23rd.

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We are ashamed of blaming each other for our responsibilities. We will do our best to recover the victim's losses.