“Prosecutors on Thursday visited a U.S. air base in the western coastal city of Gunsan to investigate allegations of fraud involving a Korean national working at the base. The Jeonju District Prosecutors' Office carried out the search and seizure at Kunsan Air Base in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, and the worker's home as part of its probe into the allegations. The worker is accused of buying materials for air base maintenance from an electronic material supplier at costs higher than the market value from 2021 to 2023 and partially pocketing the price difference. Prosecutors suspect the worker gained unfair profits of around 240 million won ($157,000) from such deals. A prosecution official said they were securing evidence related to suspicions of corrupt acceptance of benefits by a contract supervisor, while declining to give details of an ongoing investigation.
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