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[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Paul Lee] Some accounts of Mirae Asset Securities sold stocks that customers did not actually hold.

According to the financial investment industry on the 26th, stocks that were sold within the previous trading day (20th) from Mirae Asset Securities' credit transaction account from 8:20 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. the previous day were still in the balance. Since then, 136 sales have actually been made in 10 minutes in Jangjeon Trading (8:30 a.m. to 40 a.m.). The total is 690 million won.

All securities firms organize stock trading records in the early morning every day and collectively organize buying and selling transactions that occurred on the same day. It was found to have been an error caused by an error while Mirae Asset Securities was working on the project earlier in the day and delayed working hours.

The Financial Supervisory Service pointed out that the delay in Mirae Asset Securities' work failed to complete the work by the loaded trading time, leaving stocks that have already been sold in the account. Mirae Asset Securities is known to have completed the work at 8:50 a.m. the previous day.

The Financial Supervisory Service is trying to find out if any investors have suffered damage. It also plans to decide whether to start on-site inspections of Mirae Asset Securities in the future. A Financial Supervisory Service official said, "We have received complaints and are trying to find out the facts."

An official at Mirae Asset Securities said, "We believe that an error occurred in the system that organizes the records of stock sales and purchases and the mistake of the employee, and no problem occurred after completing the work," adding, "We contacted the customers to cancel the sales contract, and we understand that there was no damage to the customers involved."

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