'Fraudulent Receipt of Nursing Care Benefits' Yoon Seok-yeol's Mother-in-law, Second Trial Starts This Week... Bail Hearing Also Held

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] Choi Mo (74), the mother-in-law of former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, who was sentenced to prison in the first trial for illegally establishing a nursing hospital and receiving nursing benefits, will face the appellate trial starting this week.

According to the legal community on the 22nd, the Criminal Division 5 of the Seoul High Court (Presiding Judges Yoon Kang-yeol, Park Jae-young, Kim Sang-chul) will hold the first preparatory hearing for the appeal trial of Choi, who was indicted on charges including fraud under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes and was sentenced to three years in prison in the first trial, on the 26th.

During the preparatory hearing, the court will confirm the positions of both the prosecution and the defendant and decide on the future trial procedures. At the same time, the court will also conduct a hearing on the bail request filed by Choi. Choi’s side requested bail release on the 13th, stating that "there is no risk of flight or evidence destruction."

Choi was indicted on charges of illegally establishing and operating a nursing hospital in February 2013 despite not being a medical professional, and embezzling 2.29 billion KRW in nursing benefits until 2015.

Choi’s side denied the charges, claiming no involvement in the establishment and operation of the nursing hospital. However, the first trial court recognized Choi’s guilt, sentenced her to three years in prison, and detained her in court.

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