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올 한해 부패·공익신고자 312명에게 보상금 등 총 43억 2천여만 원 지급
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What the document holds
ACRC press release of 27 Dec 2019: 2019 totals (KRW 4.31983 billion to 312 reporters, split corruption/public interest, KRW 37.84064 billion recovered: already in the data), December decisions (66 reporters, KRW 1.25076 billion), twelve case summaries (the KRW 200 million record award is already a case), and mentions of the award system for reports to public institutions (from 17 Oct 2019) and the Public Funds Recovery Act (1 Jan 2020), both already events. Amounts read with 억 = 100,000,000 and 만 = 10,000.
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Numbers (7)
- Awards paid (amount)Item: Rewards and awardsKRW 125,076 ten thousand2019-12 · Korea ACRC 2019Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Item: Rewards and awardsKRW 431,983 ten thousandKorea ACRC 2019Early figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: Corruption · Item: Rewards and awardsKRW 245,047 ten thousandKorea ACRC 2019Early figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Awards paid (amount)Category: Public interest · Item: Rewards and awardsKRW 186,936 ten thousandKorea ACRC 2019Early figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Individuals awardedItem: Rewards and awards66 persons2019-12 · Korea ACRC 2019Final figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Individuals awardedItem: Rewards and awards312 personsKorea ACRC 2019Early figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Money collected thanks to whistleblowersKRW 3,784,064 ten thousandKorea ACRC 2019Early figureSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
Cases and awards (13)
- Reward case (corruption): power demand-response operator manipulated customer baseline load to collect settlement payments despite missing reduction targets.KRW 126,100,000Dec 2019AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Reward case (public interest): importer sold Chinese building materials labelled as Korean.KRW 19,800,000Dec 2019AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Reward case (corruption): company employees hid employment to claim unemployment benefits.KRW 7,540,000Dec 2019AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Award case (corruption): firm passed off recycled ascon as ordinary ascon in public works.KRW 30,000,000Dec 2019AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Reward case (public interest): illegal disposal or abandonment of radioactive waste.KRW 224,100,000Dec 2019AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Award case (public interest): defence supplier inflated costs for unjust profits.KRW 30,000,000Dec 2019AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Award case (public interest): daycare teacher abused children.KRW 10,000,000Dec 2019AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Award case (corruption): high-school PE teacher took money from parents.KRW 5,000,000Dec 2019AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Reward case (public interest): pharmaceutical company rebates.KRW 158,840,000Dec 2019AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Reward case (public interest): bid-rigging among subcontractors on a builder's tenders.KRW 212,440,000Dec 2019AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Reward case (corruption): petrol station and logistics firm inflated fuel card payments to collect fuel subsidies.KRW 107,010,000Dec 2019AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Reward case (corruption): university professors misused government research personnel costs and allowances.KRW 94,280,000Dec 2019AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Largest monetary award (포상금) to date, KRW 200 million (the cap), for a public-interest report of car manufacturing defects; the report led to a recall of about 330,000 vehicles and policy changes.KRW 200,000,00027 Dec 2019AwardedSouth Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
About the document
What it covers Calendar 2019 totals of rewards and awards (corruption and public interest) and recovered revenue; record KRW 200 million award.
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-2019-12-27 · accessed 5 Oct 2026