민간기업에 사전 입찰 정보를 흘려주고 무려 2억원대의 금품을 수수한 전직 여수시청 공무원이 적발돼 검찰이 본격 수사에 착수했다.

민선8기 정기명 여수시장 출범 직전인 지난 2022년 6월경 명예 퇴직한 6급 시설직 공무원 A팀장.

그는 도시재생사업의 일환으로 추진하던 여수 충무·문수지구 집수리지원사업과 관련해 특정 업체로부터 2억6천500만원의 금품을 수수한 혐의를 받고 있다.

이와관련 감사원이 5일 공개한 공직비리 직무 감찰 감사보고서를 통해 전직 여수시 공무원 A씨를 대검찰청에 수사 요청했다고 이같이 밝혔다.

감사원은 또 여수시 집수리지원사업에서 선급금이 부당하게 집행된 사실도 추가 적발했다.

여수시는 3개 시공업체에 모두 14억5천200만 원의 선급금을 지급했으나 이 가운데 상당액이 사업과 무관한 용도로 사용된 것으로 확인됐다.

특히 감사원은 시공업체 관계자들이 선급금을 빼돌려 공무원에게 금품을 제공하거나 개인 채무 변제 등에 사용했다고 설명했다.

아울러 여수시는 문수지구 사업계약 기간을 연장하면서 선급금 보증 기간을 연장하지 않아 3억원의 채권을 확보하지 못했다고 했다.

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The prosecution has launched a full-scale investigation after a former Yeosu City Hall official was caught leaking information about pre-bidding to a private company and receiving a whopping 200 million won in bribes.

Team Leader A, a 6th-grade facility civil servant who retired honorably in June 2022, just before the inauguration of the 8th local government mayor of Yeosu.

He is accused of receiving 265 million won in bribes from a specific company in relation to the Yeosu Chungmu and Munsu District House Repair Support Project, which was being promoted as part of an urban regeneration project.

In relation to this, the Board of Audit and Inspection announced on the 5th that it had requested the Supreme Prosecutors' Office to investigate former Yeosu City official A through the audit report on public corruption and job performance inspection.

The Board of Audit and Inspection also additionally discovered that advance payments were unfairly executed in the Yeosu City House Repair Support Project.

Yeosu City paid a total of 1.452 billion won in advance payments to three construction companies, but it was confirmed that a significant amount of this was used for purposes unrelated to the project.

In particular, the Board of Audit and Inspection explained that construction company officials embezzled the advance payments and used them to provide bribes to public officials or pay off personal debts.

In addition, Yeosu City said that it failed to secure 300 million won in claims because it did not extend the advance payment guarantee period while extending the contract period for the Munsu District project.