13 Billion 'Gulp' of employees of Japan's mega bank...Trustworthiness is inevitable.

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An employee of Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, one of Japan's four largest megabanks, was caught stealing customers' money and valuables from a rental safe.

The damage is estimated to be about 13 billion won in Korean money, and it is inevitable to damage the credibility of the Japanese financial community.

Correspondent Kim Se-ho's report from Tokyo.

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In September last year, Mitsubishi UFJ Bank received a customer's report that the gold bullion stored in the safe had disappeared.

Upon confirmation, it was revealed that an employee in his 40s stole 2kg of gold bars from two customers from a rental safe.

Our money amounts to 2.43 billion won.

However, the investigation found that this was not all.

The employee has been stealing cash and gold bars from the safe since April 2020.

It is estimated that 70 confirmed victims alone, 1.4 billion yen in damages, and 13.1 billion won in Korean money.

Banks keep extra keys separately in case customers lose their safe keys.

An employee who stole money and goods was managing the extra keys.

A police investigation found that he committed the crime after losing a large amount of money in foreign exchange investment and horse racing.

The bank decided to cut the wages of five executives, including the head of the bank, by 30% for three months and keep the spare keys to the safe at the base bank.

[Junichi Hanzawa / President of Mitsubishi UFJ Bank: Once again, I sincerely apologize. We will try to restore trust and ensure management responsibility.]

However, the incident at Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, which is considered one of Japan's four largest banks, is taking a toll on confidence in the Japanese financial community.

I'm Kim Se-ho from YTN in Tokyo.