Pretending to Have Bought Toner After Purchasing Whiskey and Lego... KRISS Employees Caught in Audit
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An audit by the National Science and Technology Council revealed that a principal researcher at the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science purchased personal items, such as Lego and whiskey, using departmental funds through falsified documents. The researcher improperly claimed approximately 64 million won over a 10-year period, and controversy has arisen regarding lax supervision as the institute failed to conduct any accounting audi…
Pretending to Have Bought Toner After Purchasing Whiskey and Lego... KRISS Employees Caught in Audit
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Cho Seung-han = Items purchased by employees through the on-site store at the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT...
Among the Lego sets, some costing hundreds of thousands of won (tens of thousands of yen), is the "Jurassic World" series, which recreates the dinosaurs and facilities from the movie "Jurassic Park." "Jurassic Park: T-Rex Rampage" uses 3,120 bricks to recreate a giant dinosaur and the park's main gate, with movable parts such as the dinosaur's head and tail. Its retail price in Korea was approximately 320,000 won, and it later fetched over 600,0…
An audit has uncovered instances where some employees at the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) submitted invoices for items different from those actually purchased. It was found that some researchers purchased items for personal use, such as whiskey, Lego sets, and congratulatory or condolence wreaths, and settled these payments using research funds. According to the comprehensive audit report on KRISS released on the 9th…
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