KANAGAWA (TR) – Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested the previous deputy supervisor of the Yokohama department of Hana Shinkin Bank on suspicion of stealing money from a secure deposit field.
The whole quantity stolen by Lee Seung-hyun, a 49-year-old North Korean nationwide, is believed to be greater than 1 billion yen, studies TBS News (Mar. 4).
Between September 2021 and March of final 12 months, Lee allegedly stole roughly 619 million yen in money saved in secure deposit bins by clients of the department.
Lee admitted to the fees throughout questioning and made a press release to the impact that he “used the money for gambling.”
According to the police, Lee is believed to have made spare keys to the secure deposit bins and brought out the money on greater than 100 events.
The department’s safety digicam system captured Lee coming into secure deposit bins exterior of enterprise hours and on holidays.
Police believing that Lee has repeatedly dedicated crimes utilizing the identical technique since he was assigned to the Yokohama department in 2016, with the full quantity taken exceeding 1 billion yen.