Uninvited Guest at Wedding... Pays 29 Envelopes of 1000 Won, Receives 40 Meal Tickets Worth 30,000 Won

Defendant: "For revenge" in 1st trial... "To congratulate" in 2nd trial
Court: "Not forgiven by the victim"

Two women who put 1,000 won each into 29 congratulatory money envelopes at a wedding on the 13th and received 40 meal tickets worth 33,000 won were fined in the appellate court.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-ju] Two women who put 1,000 won in each of 29 congratulatory money envelopes at a wedding and received 40 meal tickets worth 33,000 won each were sentenced to fines in the appellate court.

The Daegu District Court Criminal Division 5 (Presiding Judge Kim Seong-yeol) dismissed the appeals of social worker A (45, female) and physical therapist B (31, female), who were indicted on fraud charges, and upheld the original verdict on the 13th. In the first trial, A and B were each sentenced to fines of 2 million won and 1 million won, respectively.

They visited the wedding hall of social worker C in 2019. Although they were not invited, they had a friendly relationship as they previously worked at the same nursing home as C.

The two handed over 29 congratulatory money envelopes to C’s cousin brother, who was receiving the congratulatory money, and received 40 meal tickets worth about 33,000 won each.

However, C’s relatives soon confirmed that the amount in the envelopes was 1,000 won, caught A and B on the spot, and reported them to the police.

During the first trial on fraud charges, they stated that "they gave 1,000 won congratulatory money out of revenge." They explained that they decided to take revenge because they thought C had reported the nursing home's misconduct to the National Health Insurance Service.

However, in the second trial, they reversed their statements, saying, "We went to celebrate C’s wedding."

The first trial court sentenced fines in May last year, stating, "The defendants returned the 40 meal tickets to the victim’s side, but they have not yet been forgiven by the victim. The 40 meal tickets were returned at the victim’s request after the crime was discovered on the spot."

They appealed, claiming the sentence was too heavy, but the second trial court dismissed their appeal.

The second trial court stated, "Although they claim they went to celebrate C’s wedding, paying 1,000 won as congratulatory money is an act difficult to accept by social norms, so it is hard to accept the defendants’ claims," and added, "Considering that the defendants confessed to the crime in the first trial but denied it in the second, and that they have not been forgiven by the victim, the sentence imposed by the original court is not heavy."

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