20-Year-Old Charged for Buying Newborn from Single Mother for 980,000 Won and Reselling for 3 Million Won

A woman who paid 980,000 won to a single mother to receive a newborn and then sold the baby to another person for 3 million won just two hours later has been brought to trial.

According to the legal community on the 22nd, the Incheon District Prosecutors' Office recently arrested and indicted a woman in her 20s, identified as A, on charges of child trafficking under the Child Welfare Act. A is accused of selling a 6-day-old baby girl, B, to a woman in her 50s, C, at an Incheon cafe for 3 million won at 11:34 a.m. on August 24, 2019.

It was revealed that at 9:57 a.m. on the same day, A visited the hospital where B's biological mother was admitted, paid the hospital bill of 980,000 won on her behalf, received B, and then committed the crime as described.

Investigations showed that in July of the same year, A approached B's biological mother after seeing a post she made online saying, "I got pregnant with my boyfriend, but I am not capable of raising the child. Is there a good way?" A lied to B's biological mother, saying, "My husband has azoospermia and cannot have children, so if you give birth, I want to take the child, register the birth, and raise the baby," and offered to cover the hospital expenses.

Later, A approached C, who wished to adopt, pretending to be the biological mother, and received the payment for B under the pretense of hospital and postpartum care costs. However, when C had difficulty registering B as her own child, she eventually abandoned the baby in a baby box. B was adopted elsewhere and is currently reported to be safe.

A had previously been indicted on other child trafficking charges and was sentenced to 1 year and 2 months in prison with a 2-year probation by the Jeonju District Court in October last year. The prosecution also believes that B's biological mother and C were involved in child trafficking and has brought them to trial alongside A.

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