Chapter 128 – Employment Fraud (1)
There aren’t many cases where an uninvited Hunter visits our special unit.
After most of us are sent cases through the police station, we often summon hunters as suspects or witnesses.
Although the Special Forces office is located at the association’s headquarters…
The psychological distance with the front-line hunters could never be seen as narrow.
However, there was a Hunter who proudly jumped into the office of the special unit from the morning.
I brought a man I had never seen before before being kicked out by the crew.
“You can’t come in here on your own. What’s going on?”
“I-I was scammed at work…”
“Is it a scam?”
The name of the thin young man is Kim Jae-ha.
He was an incumbent C-rank hunter of a guild he had never heard of.
Alice tried to hold back her words with her slightly flustered face.
On the other hand, I wasn’t surprised at all.
I’d guessed it from the time he stormed into the office like some sort of thunderbolt.
‘Originally, if you don’t know anything, you’re brave.’
But it doesn’t matter whether it’s high or low.
I decided to sit him down in front of him and listen to his story.
Still, since his name his was Hunter, knocking on the door of the Special Forces wouldn’t have been so easy.
“Is this a job scam? Calmly, talk to me step by step from the beginning. Mr. Jiyu, give me a cup of coffee.”
“Oh, thank you.”
Hunter begins to explain everything with trembling eyes as if he did not know he would be treated like this.
He was a new recruit who had only been on the job for four months.
“At first I thought everything was going to work out.”
Gates and dungeons are gradually decreasing these days, so hunters are also having a hard time finding a job.
Besides, the guild he joined had its own scale.
A medium-sized guild that not only raids dungeons, but also conducts other businesses.
As you can see just by looking at the selection of new employees in this situation, it is not completely unheard of.
Thanks to that, Kim Jae-ha started his life as a hunter very refreshingly.
“Every time I went to a dungeon with my seniors, rare loot came out. At that time, I thought I would get rich soon.”
“You’re lucky.”
“That’s exactly what I thought. You’re lucky.”
No. In reality, it was a bit dumber than that.
When Kim Jae-ha received a much higher income than expected, he began to spend money lavishly.
Whenever he met his friends his, he would not only pay all the money himself, but he would pull out the car and even throw in hunter gear.
But… His ‘luck’ didn’t last long.
About a month ago, imports of rare loot from dungeons suddenly stopped.
Of course, since I’ve been through raids, there’s not a lot of loot, but most of them were at a reasonable price… In other words, they were sold at a low price.
Kim Jae-ha’s seniors comforted him saying that he had used up all his luck earlier, but…
Indeed, his thoughts were different.
“Now that I think about it, I had never discovered the rare loot I had obtained earlier. The seniors in the guild had prepared the loot in advance, and pretended to have found it with luck and tricked me!”
“…For what?”
When Alice asked a little curtly, Kim Jae-ha trembled and explained diligently.
It might feel a bit unusual, but since Alice is an S rank, there is a difference between the C rank and the heavens and the earth.
“That’s right, they’re trying to trick me into driving me into the guild! I’m still low in rank, but my Hunter abilities are pretty rare and useful.”
Having read his material his, I could not bear to deny that fact.
He is definitely expected to have a promising future, and he has a hunter ability that is also highly utilized.
Still, I would like to point out one thing at this point.
“So you want to prosecute the senior hunters for fraud?”
“Rather than prosecuting all of them, first investigate first… “
Alice clicked her tongue as if she was very dumbfounded by Kim Jae-ha’s sudden defensive attitude towards her, but…
In a way, that was natural.
If he charges blindly and does n’t work out, his hunter life his could be over.
Few guilds would be able to hire a hunter to prosecute the superiors.
“The special unit is the association’s exclusive investigative agency. If you just wanted to investigate, you should have gone to the detective.”
“Sorry, Detective.”
“Still, since you’ve come this far, let’s find out a little bit. I’ll give you a statement, so please write down everything you remember. Especially when and where you got what kind of loot is important.”
“Yes! Investigator.”
He moved to another place and started writing statements.
Alice reacted skeptically, as if she didn’t like him at all.
“Isn’t this also innocent?”
“Well. I don’t think so.”
“How do you know that?”
I’m sorry to say this, but…
Usually, innocent cases come to mind as soon as you see them.
In such cases, the accuser’s statements are jumbled, so they don’t make sense at all, and they give off a somewhat intimidated atmosphere.
It is not always easy to lie.
This is especially true if the opponent is a person who investigates criminal cases every day.
“Besides, this accusation could actually harm the accuser.”
Lee Seo-woo, who was looking at him from the side, spoke softly.
Being a police officer, he has a knack for things like this.
“He has a lot of words, and his attitude is very calm.”
“Are you calm? That one?”
“That’s enough for a nobleman.”
Alice sticks out her tongue at Lee Seo-woo’s explanation.
I agreed with Lee Seo-woo while watching Kim Jae-ha write down the statement.
“Did you record it in advance? You’ve prepared well. Mr. Kim Jae-ha must have had circumstances in his own way that would make him suspicious of his colleagues’ fraudulent activities. Let’s do an investigation first.”
“Well, if you’re going that far… But why would the guild do such a thing? Giving rare loot to new recruits…”
“Isn’t it like encouraging new employees to buy a car? Besides, it wouldn’t have cost much after all.”
“Is it?”
Yes.
If it is assumed that Kim Jae-ha’s senior hunters are accomplices, the money that goes into the fraud operation is not much.
As you can see from the previous stalking incident… Originally, the profit from the hunter’s booty is distributed fairly among the members of the strategy team.
Even if you get 1 billion worth of hunter loot, after deducting the sales commission and then subtracting taxes and special pension insurance premiums, it’s not much that falls into your hands.
Moreover, even though Kim Jae-ha has a promising future, he is still a C-rank hunter.
It would be obvious to say that it was a rare loot from a dungeon that C-rank hunters could enter.
“It wouldn’t have cost much even if I gave my accomplices some money for their labor instead of profit from loot.”
“Oh, sure…”
The question is whether the guild members are willing to cooperate…
Most likely they didn’t even realize that it was a scam.
He might have cooperated with the thought that it would revive the new junior’s spirit.
After receiving his statement his, I made up my mind.
It was a fairly decent statement, with the front and rear perfectly aligned.
“Thank you for your hard work. Then wait over there.”
“Oh, is it over soon?”
“It’s not going to take that long. If you’re in a hurry, you can go.”
“No. I’ll just wait.”
I put Kim Jae-ha away and immediately looked through the association’s database.
The loot was not listed in the strategy report submitted by the guild to the association.
However, in Kim Jae-ha’s bankbook, there was actually a record of receiving a considerable amount of money in the name of booty sales.
“As expected… Did you cheat the Association?”
“No. Quite the opposite.”
“Yes?”
“The guild lied to Mr. Kim Jae-ha saying that he had obtained a rare loot. But he did not report falsely to the association.”
If you report falsely to the association, from then on, it becomes a serious crime that you can’t even take away.
I decided to organize their methods step by step from the beginning.
“The loot Kim Jae-ha’s team claimed was not obtained from the dungeon. The loot obtained in the past was temporarily transferred to Kim Jae-ha, and then returned to the warehouse. You can find out by looking at the guild’s warehouse distribution records .”
“Ah… You put a lot of effort into it.”
“Okay.”
In fact, even if this incident were real… It’s not something that would prosecute the guild for fraud.
Fraud is basically the act of deceiving others to gain financial gain.
However, the guild did not receive money from Mr. Kim Jae-ha, and paid the sale price that he did not have.
Even if the intention was evil, it is still unknown.
It’s a little strange to say that Kim Jae-ha actually suffered damage because of it.
Even if it was true that the guild’s operation had an adverse effect on his spending habits, it would be very difficult to prove it.
“Besides, there is one crucial thing.”
“What?”
“Jae-ha Kim didn’t simply spend his money on a splurge. That person suffered from investment failure.”
“Too, if it’s an investment…”
Alice hardened her face as if it was already ominous.
Lee Seo-woo closes his eyes tightly.
I met the expectations of both of them without hesitation.
“It’s virtual currency.”
“Something came out…”
Did Mr. Kim Jae-ha’s guild gain any financial benefit from the operation? Can’t see that
If so, did Mr. Kim Jae-ha suffer a loss because of it? Not. He himself blew a coin and ate it.
As far as I can see, there is no prosecution in this case.
I summoned Kim Jae-ha again and spoke firmly.
“It’s an indictment.”
“Ah, no such…”
Kim Jae-ha’s face was distorted.
