KBS News reported that a police officer who cashed out and concealed Bitcoin confiscated during the investigation process has been sent to trial. The Incheon District Prosecutors' Office's Criminal Proceeds Recovery Team announced on the 28th that it has indicted without detention a 40-year-old Police Inspector A, affiliated with the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency. Inspector A is accused of embezzling approximately 0.033 BTC (worth 5.19 million won at the time) confiscated from a drug offender in 2024, cashing it out, and using the funds.
