World Domination through Planet Development - Chapter 74



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Episode 74. Daehyun R&S President Kang Mo Arrested

A few days later.

Daehyun R&S building.

Boooooooo.

Several vehicles were lined up along the road.

It was a group consisting of police cars and vans.

Vehicles stopped in front of the Daehyun R&S building. Police officers got out and entered the building.

“Oh my. Who are those people?”

“Hey!”

When a group of police officers stormed into the company, the employees backed away in shock.

At the front of the group, the investigation commander in charge was walking ahead.

“On official business~!”

The investigation commander came in shouting loudly.

While everyone else stepped back without being able to do anything, the security guards stepped forward with bewildered expressions.

“Excuse me… What’s going on here?”

Even as security guards detained the lead investigator, other officers continued to enter the building.

“Yes, excuse me~”

The investigation commander took something out of his bosom.

“Okay, let’s take a look at the warrant. Is CEO Kang Bae-deok there?”

I just quickly showed him the warrant, but the security guard didn’t bother to look at it closely.

“Yes…he is here.”

“I see. Thank you for your cooperation. Okay, let’s go up quickly.”

There was no situation that would lead one to think of obstruction of special official duties or anything like that as seen in the movies.

The employees are reacting as if it was coming because they had already heard about it in advance.

They were just gossiping behind his back, wondering if it was true that the president had embezzled the money.

The police came through the lobby.

A place with elevator and emergency staircase entrances.

“Hey, hey, why are you taking an elevator when it’s only a few floors? Hurry up and go up~”

At the command of the investigation commander, police officers rushed up the emergency stairs.

The commander in charge of sending his subordinates up first waits for the elevator with the accompanying prosecutor.

The surprised employees quietly left their seats.

Ding!

The investigation commander leisurely took the elevator up to the floor where the president’s office was.

At the scene, police officers were already seen moving busily.

He walked down the hallway and inside.

On one side, employees who appeared to be secretaries to CEO Kang Bae-deok were seen standing far away, not knowing what to do.

I passed them and went into the president’s office.

The inside of the president’s office was a hectic place as the police rushed in and caused a commotion.

And then I saw a middle-aged man sitting quietly in an office chair with an anxious expression on his face.

“Mr. Kang Bae-deok?”

Kang Bae-deok raises his head at the call of the investigation commander.

“An arrest warrant has been issued for Mr. Kang Bae-deok. Mr. Kang Bae-deok, you have the right to remain silent, anything you say can be used as evidence against you, and you have the right to appoint a lawyer.”

The chief investigator showed the warrant once. Then he informed Kang Bae-deok of the Miranda rights and handcuffed him.

“… … .”

Kang Bae-deok watched the handcuffs being put on his hands without any resistance.

“What are you guys?!!”

That was when.

Kang Seung-hyun came in shouting from outside.

“That idiot….”

Kang Bae-deok said with a sigh.

“Oh, please don’t bother me.”

Kang Seung-hyun, who appeared as if he was going to hit anyone who touched him, stepped back slightly instead of coming in when the police lightly stopped him with their hands.

“Father~!”

Kang Seung-hyun was unable to approach and instead stood far away, calling out to Kang Bae-deok.

Kang Bae-deok walked out slowly, led by the hand of the investigation commander. They soon passed Kang Seung-hyun.

“father….”

“Don’t make a fuss and just wait. I’ll be out soon.”

At the same time that the investigation chief was thinking that he was filming a melodrama, Kang Seung-hyun whispered.

“Father, just tell me where. I’ll take care of everything.”

Although Seunghyun didn’t directly mention what he was saying, it was something that anyone here could understand.

No matter how much I whisper, he’s right next to me, so how could he not hear? I wonder if this is too bold in front of the police.

When the arresting police officer was also confused, Kang Bae-deok said.

“…Let’s go quickly.”

Kang Bae-deok, who had given up, urged the investigation commander to leave the company.

* * *

Late at night.

After Seo Ye-jin finished her work, she drove away alone in her car.

She turned on her smartphone, which had been turned off.

“ha….”

A pile of missed calls.

All of them were contacts from her husband, Kang Seung-hyun.

But I thought it was too vague to even contact her, so I just went straight home.

“Hey! What are you doing that you can’t contact me at this hour?”

As soon as he entered the house, Kang Seung-hyun got really angry and yelled at Ye-jin.

Honestly, wasn’t it always me who couldn’t contact you until this time? Who is blaming whom?

“I was busy with work.”

Yejin answered coldly.

“No matter how busy you are, that’s still the case. How can you say something like that without even knowing that your father-in-law is being arrested and taken away? Huh?!”

“What? What did your father say?”

Yejin asked, surprised by the unexpected words.

Seo Ye-jin She also knew that the embezzlement scandal involving the CEO of Daehyun R&S had been causing a stir for several days.

I’ve already talked to Seunghyun about it once.

But if it leads to an arrest, it means the case is serious. It means the prosecution is confident in the charges.

I was really skeptical, but he’s being arrested… .

“My father was arrested. The police came to the company today and it was chaos.”

“What exactly were you arrested for?”

Seunghyun looked at Yejin as if he was asking why she was asking such an obvious question.

“What the hell. Embezzlement. It seems like some crazy guy caught me for it.”

The term “crazy guy” refers to an anonymous informant from a subcontractor.

“What did you do?”

Seunghyun was taken aback by Yejin’s sudden question.

“… Me? I tried to block it. No, but what would I do there? It’s not like it’ll be stopped even if I try to block it.”

“No, I’m not asking if you had any separate conversations with your father.”

Yejin asked, looking frustrated.

“With my father? Well… there wasn’t anything like that…”

Seunghyun thought about it for a moment before speaking, but it seemed like no matter how much he thought about it, there was nothing special about it.

Does the fact that he was arrested without even telling his own son mean that the situation was that urgent?

However, since the article had already been published and the situation was noisy, the warning signs were clearly recognizable.

Even though her father may not be the smartest, he is not clueless.

He was not the kind of person who would stay still even though the news of his embezzlement was widely spread.

“Do you know what the chairman is doing?”

What is most important here is the response of Chairman Jang of Daehyun Group.

“Mr. Chairman? Oh! Right, maybe the Chairman will take it out for you?”

It seemed that Seunghyun had no idea how Chairman Daehyun Jang would respond to that.

But the fact that my father didn’t say anything all this time must have been because he had a corner of him that trusted him. That must have been Chairman Jang, the one who supported him.

“My father is not the president of some unknown company, but the president of Daehyun Group. I’m sure the chairman will take good care of him.”

“I guess so…?”

If it really was embezzlement worth hundreds of billions of won as reported in the article, I thought it was unlikely that my father committed it alone without Chairman Jang’s knowledge.

In that case, it seems like there is enough reason for Chairman Jang to look after his father.

Of course, it is possible that the accusation itself is not true, but somehow I feel like that is not the case… .

“You don’t know anything about embezzlement, do you?”

“I told you I didn’t know! How many times do I have to tell you? Why can’t you trust what people say? And I asked my father separately, but he didn’t give me an answer.”

Yejin confirmed it again, even though she had asked about it last time.

“Then, for the time being, you too should be behaving well at the company.”

“Ha. When have I ever behaved badly?”

Seunghyun answered, becoming extremely sensitive.

“I’m telling you not to do anything that will make you nitpick. It’s not that your behavior is bad.”

It’s true that he originally had bad behavior, but I didn’t necessarily say anything like that.

“Don’t worry about me. There’s no problem.”

Although she didn’t really believe it, Yejin thought it was like that.

“… Let’s wait until I can meet my father.”

“A meeting? When will that be possible?”

“I don’t know either. I’ll look into it.”

The most important thing was whether my father could solve the problem that had arisen now.

If my father had been caught doing this alone, without any involvement from Chairman Jang, then it would have been the worst situation ever.

* * *

-Prosecutors send Daehyun R&S CEO to arrest for ’embezzlement of 40 billion won’

The Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Investigation Unit sent Mr. Kang to the prosecution on charges of embezzlement under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Economic Crimes.

Mr. Kang is accused of embezzling approximately 40 billion won while serving as the CEO of Daehyun R&S.

It was revealed that Mr. Kang had embezzled part of the performance bonuses from about 1,200 partners over several years and hidden them in cash.

“You ended up getting caught.”

Jungwoo, who was reading the article, said something.

[The police investigation has now been completed and the case has been sent to the prosecution.]

“Don’t you know that you’ve been abandoned yet?”

This is something that Chairman Jang did for Jeong-woo, so there is absolutely no way he can receive help from anyone. He has no choice but to move on his own in order to survive.

[It seems like you have some idea.]

“Really? Then shouldn’t you have taken some action?”

To be honest, I didn’t hear the details, but I already heard the general gist of it from Sarah.

You said you were collecting and storing some kind of evidence.

[I don’t know the reason, but I hid the evidence that proved Kang Bae-deok’s innocence and didn’t tell anyone else.]

“Hmm… I guess I should have told a lawyer about it… .”

Perhaps it is because the evidence itself directly points to another accomplice. No, in fact, it is evidence that points to the real culprit, not the accomplice.

Since he sent the embezzled amount as is, if the evidence is significant, he will only be accused of following Chairman Jang’s instructions, and all the blame will be placed on Chairman Jang.

It seemed possible that he was still concerned about that, since he was unaware that he had been betrayed.

“Then you didn’t tell your family anything?”

[It appears that he was unable to say anything during the detention visit because the conversation was leaked, and it should have been dealt with before, but there were no such circumstances.]

In fact, no matter how he planned to use the evidence, it was unfortunately useless. The evidence that Kang Bae-deok had collected so far would not work.

So, it didn’t really matter what kind of struggle he made. I just wanted to see Kang Bae-deok in a corner.

But there hasn’t been much of a response yet.

“You’ll find out soon enough… .”

Kang Bae-deok was not convinced that he had been abandoned.

However, if his charges become clear during the prosecution investigation and his lawyer suggests compromising with reality, then things will inevitably get more urgent.