Police Forward 'Fake Bank Balance Certificate' Case of Yoon Seok-yeol's Mother-in-Law with Non-Prosecution Opinion

Choi, the mother-in-law of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, who is accused of forging a bank balance certificate during the land purchase process, appeared in court on the 22nd at the Uijeongbu District Court in Ganeung-dong, Uijeongbu-si, Gyeonggi-do to face trial.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] The police have forwarded the case of Choi Mo (74), the mother-in-law of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, who is accused of creating fake bank balance certificates to invest in real estate, to the prosecution with a non-prosecution opinion.

According to the police on the 30th, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Intelligent Crime Investigation Unit handed over Choi, who was accused of forgery of private documents, to the prosecution in mid-this month with a non-prosecution opinion.

Choi is already being prosecuted on the same charges and is undergoing trial at the Uijeongbu District Court. It is known that the police forwarded the case with a dismissal opinion because the charges under investigation by the police were the same as those for which the prosecution had already completed its investigation and sent Choi to trial.

Choi is suspected of submitting a forged bank balance certificate worth about 35 billion won during the purchase of land in Dochon-dong, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi Province, together with business partner Ahn Mo in 2013.

The police received a complaint related to Choi in January this year and began an investigation. Considering that the Uijeongbu District Prosecutors' Office was already handling the investigation of Choi's case, the police did not separately summon her for questioning. At the first trial held on the 22nd, Choi claimed that she admitted to forging the balance certificate but insisted that it was not intentional.

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