It was later confirmed that an employee of the Seoul Arts Center was caught mining virtual currency using internal electricity and was severely punished.
The Seoul Arts Center said on the 8th, “In January, the company discovered deviant behavior of an employee who installed and used a personal cryptocurrency mining machine at work. process,” he said.
The employee was sentenced to two months of suspension. Suspension and disciplinary action are severe disciplinary measures that apply before dismissal. In addition, the Seoul Arts Center reported that the entire amount of electricity charges were settled and immediately refunded.
The Seoul Arts Center has announced measures to prevent recurrence, stating that it will strengthen employee ethics education, prepare and implement specific guidelines for ethical management, and reorganize the management system.
Earlier, a media outlet reported that an employee in his 30s who attends the Seoul Arts Center secretly brought an Ethereum miner into the underground electrical room of the Calligraphy Museum in the Seoul Arts Center and was caught by patrol staff while mining.
It is said that this employee brought the equipment to the company for the purpose of selling it, but started mining when the price of virtual currency soared. In addition, it is said that 600,000 won worth of Ethereum was mined using the company’s 300,000 won of electricity bills without permission.
