Sokcho District of Chuncheon District Prosecutor’s Office Indicts Hospital Director and His Wife, Who is Also the Hospital CFO,
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, ‘A husband and wife, who are a hospital director and chief financial officer, respectively, have been indicted together for receiving rebates totaling 2.5 billion won over several years in exchange for using a specific pharmaceutical company’s drugs.’,
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, ‘The Sokcho District of Chuncheon District Prosecutor’s Office announced on the 26th that the hospital director, Mr. K, and his wife, Mrs. N, who is also the hospital CFO, have been indicted on charges of violating medical laws and embezzlement.’,
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, ‘The couple is accused of receiving rebates worth 2.5 billion won through various methods, such as receiving a certain percentage of pharmaceutical sales revenue in cash or credit card payments from a wholesale pharmaceutical supplier, using interest-free hospital acquisition funds for financial gain, and other means, in exchange for using pharmaceuticals from a specific pharmaceutical company from September 2019 to May of last year.’,
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, ‘The prosecution also indicted the wholesale pharmaceutical supplier, Mr. D, on charges of violating the Pharmacist Law and embezzlement.’,
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, ‘An official from the Sokcho District Prosecutor’s Office stated, “We will ensure that the defendants receive appropriate punishment for their crimes, maintain the indictment thoroughly, and continue to respond firmly to pharmaceutical rebate cases in order to establish a fair and transparent pharmaceutical distribution system and reduce the burden of national medical expenses.”‘,
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