South Korea’s lone casino that accepts local customers has found itself in yet another scandal involving a former top executive.
On Thursday, the Korea Herald reported that unionized employees at the Kangwon Land casino resort had alleged that the property’s former CEO Ham Seung-hee had spent KRW70m (US$63k) of company funds on personal expenses, some of which may have been spent on a woman with whom Ham was having an extramarital dalliance.
The 67-year-old Ham, who ran the country’s largest casino from 2014 to 2017, is said to have used corporate credit cards at luxury hotels, high-end department stores and restaurants to make hundreds of personal purchases, some of which involved swimwear and toothbrushes.
Many of the purchases were made at businesses near a residential property in Seoul that is the home of the woman with whom Ham was allegedly conducting the affair. The woman works at a think-tank founded by Ham.