Korean game company employee leaps to death after being fired
Employee had allegedly embezzled cyber money and sold it to game users for hundreds of millions of won
By Hong Dam-young
A male employee of Netmarble Games, Korea’s top mobile game developer, leaped to his death from the company building after being fired for alleged embezzlement.
The employee, surnamed Park, 36, jumped from the 20th floor at Guro-dong, Guro-gu district in Seoul, at around 3:20 p.m. on Friday, Yeongdeungpo police said.
The company had fired Park for allegedly embezzling cyber money and selling it to game users for hundreds of millions of won.
“We are deeply sorry for his death,” Netmarble said in a statement.
“Park seems to have taken an extreme measure after getting fired for laying his hands on the company’s asset for his own benefit.”