Prosecutors Demand 1-Year Prison Sentence for Yoon Seok-yeol's Mother-in-Law on Charges of Forging Bank Balance Certificates (Update)

Prosecution Requests "1-Year Imprisonment Sentence" at Choi's Sentencing Hearing

Choi Mo, the mother-in-law of former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol (right) / Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] The prosecution has requested a prison sentence for Choi Mo (75), the mother-in-law of Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate (former Prosecutor General), who was indicted on charges of forging a bank account balance certificate.

On the 2nd, the prosecution asked the court to "sentence her to one year in prison" at the sentencing trial of Choi held under the presiding of Judge Park Se-hwang of the Criminal Division 8 at Uijeongbu District Court.

Earlier, Choi was prosecuted on charges of forging a bank account balance certificate to make it appear as if 34.7 billion won was deposited in a bank during the purchase of land in Dochon-dong, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi Province in 2013. She is also accused of contracting and registering the land under the names of others, including the son-in-law of her former business partner Ahn Mo.

Choi's side claims that the forgery of the balance certificate was not intentional and that she agreed because Ahn said he would use the information obtained from the Korea Asset Management Corporation.

Separately, Choi is also on trial at the Seoul High Court for an appeal on charges of fraud under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes, accused of illegally receiving 2.29 billion won in nursing care benefits from the National Health Insurance Service while opening and operating a nursing hospital in Paju-si, Gyeonggi Province with three business partners from 2013 to 2015. The first trial court sentenced her to three years in prison in this case.

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