Former office manager of Korean airlines, Sung Peel Hwang in GUAM was charged with depositing company checks into his personal bank account, reports Post Guam. Between December 2015 to December 2018, Hwang fraudulently modified legitimate KAL checks made to pay PFC and other office expenses by changing the payee to himself, before paying the funds into his own account.
After funds were cleared into his account, the office manager would produce a smaller check to be paid to GUM. Hwang was indicted on bank fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft charges in the District Court of Guam. He fraudulently took approximate funds worth $95,000 in three years.
In 2019, an Office of Public Accountability audit noted that the KE's former Guam-based manager had fled to the mainland United States and that KE had registered the missing individual with Interpol, where he is now located in Dallas, Texas.
Korean Air operates a double daily service between Seoul and Guam, with a mix of both the Airbus A330-300 and Boeing 737-800 operating the route.