'False Employment Insurance Qualification Acquisition Conspiracy'... Unemployment Benefits Fraud Gang Fined

A group that fraudulently obtained employment insurance qualifications by pretending to have actually worked and embezzled unemployment benefits was sentenced to fines.

Seoul Northern District Court

According to the legal community on the 8th, Judge Lee Seok-jae of the Criminal Division 5 at Seoul Northern District Court sentenced A (29), B (62), and C (33), who were indicted for violating the Employment Insurance Act, to fines of 3 million won, 5 million won, and 7 million won respectively on the 7th of last month. The court explained the sentencing reason, stating, "No one shall receive unemployment benefits or other payments through falsehood or other fraudulent means in collusion with an employer, and employers shall not conspire to do so."

A and B are accused of receiving unemployment benefits totaling 7,214,400 won each over five occasions the following year, claiming they resigned through a recommendation from a restaurant in Guri-si, Gyeonggi-do on December 30, 2020. However, it was revealed that they did not actually work at the restaurant. C, the restaurant owner, is accused of conspiring by falsely obtaining employment insurance qualifications so that they could fraudulently receive unemployment benefits.

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