60s Who Caught Luck with 'Golf Course Hole-in-One Insurance' Fined for Submitting 'False Receipts'

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] A man in his 60s who was prosecuted on fraud charges after submitting even his wife's clothing purchase receipts during the process of claiming insurance money from a hole-in-one at a golf course six years ago was sentenced to a fine.

The Daegu District Court Criminal Division 10 (Presiding Judge Hyoseon Park) announced on the 15th that it sentenced A (60), who was tried on charges of fraud for claiming insurance money with false receipts, to a fine of 2 million won.

A, who purchased hole-in-one insurance related to "the first ball placed on the tee going directly into the hole" at a golf course in Chilgok, caught luck in August 2014, about three years after signing up. The hole-in-one insurance he subscribed to included a provision to reimburse up to 5 million won for expenses incurred for congratulatory dinners and commemorative rounds.

However, A was prosecuted on charges of receiving 5 million won from the insurance company by submitting receipts unrelated to the hole-in-one event, such as receipts for clothing purchased by his wife at a department store. In court, A claimed that his wife mistakenly included the clothing purchase receipt while organizing related receipts, but the court did not accept this.

In the ruling, the court stated, "Considering that the amount of the receipts submitted to the insurance company by the defendant (9.42 million won) includes more than half for his wife's clothing purchases, it is difficult to see the attachment of the problematic receipt as a simple mistake."

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