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담합행위 신고한 공익신고자에게 역대 최고 보상금 6억 9,224만 원 지급
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What the document holds
ACRC press release of 9 Jan 2019: payments to 18 public-interest reporters (KRW 849.17 million in rewards, awards and relief; KRW 65.498 billion recovered), the record KRW 692.24 million reward for a cartel report (KRW 64.459 billion surcharges; already a case in the data), three further payments and one relief payment. Amounts read with 억 = 100,000,000 and 만 = 10,000; observations in units of 만.
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Numbers (3)
- Awards paid (amount)Category: Public interest · Item: Rewards awards and reliefKRW 84,917 ten thousand2019-01-09 · Korea ACRC 2019Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Individuals awardedCategory: Public interest · Item: Rewards awards and relief18 persons2019-01-09 · Korea ACRC 2019Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Money collected thanks to whistleblowersCategory: Public interestKRW 6,549,800 ten thousand2019-01-09 · Korea ACRC 2019Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
Cases and awards (5)
- Public-interest case: company discharged wastewater into a river; KRW 3.7 million award.KRW 3,700,0009 Jan 2019AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Relief payment: public-interest reporter who moved home after threats received KRW 1.4 million in relief money.KRW 1,400,0009 Jan 2019AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Public-interest case: cosmetic-surgery clinics advertised illegally; KRW 10.78 million paid (listed under 포상금, awards).KRW 10,780,0009 Jan 2019AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Record public-interest reward: KRW 692.24 million to a whistleblower who reported a price-fixing and market-sharing cartel among manufacturers to the Fair Trade Commission, which imposed penalty surcharges of KRW 64.459 billion.KRW 692,240,0009 Jan 2019 · Money collected KRW 64,459,000,000AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Public-interest case: construction companies breached contractor qualification limits; KRW 106.39 million paid to the reporter.KRW 106,390,0009 Jan 2019AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
About the document
What it covers Record public-interest reward (cartel report, KRW 692.24 million).
Notes ACRC press release (보도자료). Raw copy is the press-release web page; quotes are taken from the attached .hwp original (same text).
Source id kor-acrc-pr-2019-01-09 · accessed 5 Oct 2026