Prosecution Seeks 3-Year Prison Sentence for Yoon Seok-yeol's Mother-in-Law on Charges of Fraudulent Nursing Care Benefits Claims

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] The prosecution has requested a three-year prison sentence for Choi, the mother-in-law of former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, who is accused of fraudulently receiving nursing care benefits while operating a nursing hospital.

At the sentencing hearing held on the 31st at the Uijeongbu District Court Criminal Division 13, the prosecution stated regarding Choi, who was booked without detention on charges including violation of the Medical Service Act, "She is recognized as an accomplice with partners who have already been punished," and requested the sentence accordingly.

Choi was indicted without detention on charges of fraudulently receiving 2.29 billion won in nursing care benefits from the National Health Insurance Service while establishing and operating a nursing hospital in Paju-si, Gyeonggi Province, together with three partners from 2013 to 2015.

Although Choi was a co-chairperson at the time, she was not booked because she received a "letter of exemption from responsibility" stating that she would not be held accountable for hospital operations after stepping down from the chairperson position in 2014. However, last year, a reinvestigation began after Choi, Yoon’s wife Kim Gun-hee, and Yoon himself were reported on various charges by Choi Kang-wook, leader of the Open Democratic Party, Hwang Hee-seok, Supreme Council member of the Open Democratic Party, and lawyer Cho Dae-jin.

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