A woman in her 30s receives suspended sentence for approaching male visitor and extorting tens of millions of won...

Received money 147 times from February 2016 to March 2017

[Asia Economy Reporter Gong Byung-sun] A woman in her 30s who was prosecuted for extorting tens of millions of won from a man she met while working as a karaoke hostess, maintaining a relationship like lovers, was sentenced to a suspended prison term.

According to the legal community on the 1st, Judge Cho Yang-hee of the Criminal Division 1 at the Seoul Northern District Court sentenced A (31, female), who was charged with fraud and violation of the Information and Communications Network Act, to six months in prison with a two-year suspension. The court explained the sentencing by saying, "Although some of the damages were paid and a settlement was reached, the defendant lied extensively, including denying the crime from the investigation stage."

Earlier, A was indicted on charges of extorting money from B, a customer who visited a karaoke practice room in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province, where she worked as a hostess. It was investigated that A committed the crime by deceiving B into believing they were in a romantic relationship and would get married. She sent messages such as "I need to go to the hospital but have no money," and from February 2016 to March 2017, she received money a total of 147 times. The investigation revealed that the amount defrauded by A reached 38.27 million won.

A was also separately indicted last April for secretly accessing one of B's community accounts. The court merged the two cases, tried them together, and found her guilty of all charges.

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