Court Fines Elderly Association President for Misusing Apartment Senior Citizens' Association Subsidies

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] On the 29th, Judge Yoo Jae-kwang of Jeonju District Court Criminal Division 4 announced that he sentenced A (84, male), the president of the apartment senior citizens' association, to a fine of 1 million won for embezzling the association's funds and assaulting an executive.

B (77, male), an auditor of the senior citizens' association, and C (74, female), who was in charge of managing the bankbook and ledger, were also fined 1 million won and 500,000 won respectively for participating in the embezzlement.

They were indicted on charges of personally spending 1.15 million won in subsidies provided by Wanju County Office in Jeonbuk from March 11, 2015, to April 17, 2018, for the welfare of the apartment senior citizens' association members and arbitrarily distributing about 4.6 million won to the members.

It was investigated that when C, who succeeded B as auditor, raised concerns about this, A verbally abused her and assaulted her by strangling her neck, saying "The audit content is wrong."

The court stated, "It is judged that the defendants conspired to commit the crime," and added, "The sentence was determined considering their disposition, age, and prior criminal records."

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