“I'm a Bank VVIP” 30s Given Probation for Posing as Wealthy and Embezzling Over 500 Million Won

A man in his 30s who pretended to be a wealthy person, introducing himself as a bank VVIP customer, and embezzled a large sum of money was sentenced to a suspended prison term.

On the 2nd, the Criminal Division 11 of Daegu District Court (Presiding Judge Lee Jong-gil) sentenced A (33, female), who was indicted for violating the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes, to 2 years in prison with a 3-year suspension.

From February 2020 to August last year, A was tried on charges of deceiving B by falsely claiming that if B entrusted her with surplus funds, she would generate profits by receiving preferential exchange rates from the bank, and embezzling a total of about 580 million won over 25 transactions.

It was revealed that she deceived B by claiming that her parents had long conducted business with a certain bank since the Jeondae period and that she herself was treated as a VVIP customer.

The court stated, “Considering the circumstances and content of the crime, as well as the amount embezzled, the defendant’s criminal nature is very bad,” and added, “Taking into account that she returned 246 million won of the embezzled amount and reached an amicable settlement with the victim, who does not wish for punishment, the sentence was determined.”

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