40s Woman Who Used Resident Registration Number Stored by Insurance Planner Husband to Get 'Zolpidem Prescription'

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Seoyoung] A housewife who habitually obtained prescriptions for the insomnia medication 'Zolpidem' under another person's name by using stolen resident registration numbers was sentenced to probation.

Today (the 2nd), Chief Judge Nam Seongwoo of Criminal Division 1 at Cheongju District Court announced that A (40), who was prosecuted for violating the Resident Registration Act, the National Health Insurance Act, and the Narcotics Control Act, was sentenced to one year in prison with two years of probation and fined 300,000 KRW.

A is accused of using resident registration numbers of clients kept by her husband, an insurance planner, to obtain prescriptions. It is known that from March 2019 to May of last year, she received a total of 87 prescriptions for Zolpidem, commonly known as 'Stillnox,' at a hospital in Seowon-gu, Cheongju-si, Chungbuk, under the pretext of insomnia treatment.

Additionally, A was prosecuted for asking her husband to obtain prescriptions on her behalf and for receiving 2.15 million KRW in insurance benefits from the National Health Insurance Service over 173 instances. She also took a total of 2,203 pills of Zolpidem, consuming 5 to 6 pills daily over 367 occasions.

Chief Judge Nam stated, "Considering that the defendant has no prior record of similar crimes, is a housewife supporting her children, and is reflecting on her wrongdoing."

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