India, May 6 -- LD Carbon, a South Korean environmental materials company, has filed a criminal complaint against its former chief executive and two senior finance officials, accusing them of embezzling corporate funds and misusing government subsidies through falsified payments and internal approvals.

The filing, submitted to the Suseo Police Station in Seoul and accessed by Tyre Trends magazine, names former CEO Hwang yong-kyung (YK), Chief Financial Officer Lee Chung-jin and Finance Manager Han Seung-yeon (Sara) as suspects in an alleged scheme that spanned from 2022 to 2023.

At the centre of the complaint is what the company describes as a 'bonus recycling' scheme designed to create off-the-books cash. Following the complaint, a p...