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[Alpha Biz= Paul Lee] Seoul – Several employees of South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) have been fined for violating regulations governing the trading of stocks and other financial investment products. Offenses included failing to report transactions and using unreported accounts to subscribe to IPO shares and sell them after listing, according to financial industry sources on September 9.
At the 13th Financial Services Commission (FSC) meeting held in July, fines were imposed on seven FSS employees. Each was ordered to pay between KRW 100,000 and KRW 1 million (USD 75–750).
Violations Identified
Under the Capital Markets Act, FSS employees are required to:
Notify the FSS of account openings and quarterly transaction details
Conduct all transactions through a single, registered securities account under their own name
One employee (Mr. A) subscribed to IPO shares but transferred them to another, unreported account and sold them without proper disclosure
Six others (including Mr. B) failed to submit quarterly transaction reports
Oversight & Sanctions
The sanctions followed an internal audit of FSS employees’ trading activities, with the findings later reviewed and approved as an agenda item by the FSC.
While the fines were relatively small, the case underscores the importance of compliance and transparency among financial regulators, whose integrity is central to investor confidence.
알파경제 Paul Lee 특파원(hoondork1977@alphabiz.co.kr)
