"If You Pay Off My Debt, I'll Be Good to You Forever"... 20s Woman Scammed Middle-Aged Men

Promised False Marriage to 3 Men
Chuncheon District Court Sentences to 1 Year Imprisonment

A woman in her 20s who deceived multiple victims she met through a dating application for middle-aged divorced men and women by pretending she would marry them and then extorted about 150 million won was sentenced to prison.

On the 22nd, Judge Song Jong-seon, head of the Criminal Division 1 at Chuncheon District Court, announced that A (27, female), who was indicted on charges of fraud, was sentenced to one year in prison.

A met victim B while working as an employee at a bar in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, in April 2021. A was tried on charges of deceiving B into a relationship on the premise of marriage from May to November 2021 and extorting about 98 million won in 84 installments.

She deceived B by saying things like, "I want to move down to Gyeongsan to live with you and help with the chicken restaurant you run, but I have about 20 million won in debt, so it's hard to leave Chuncheon immediately. If you help me pay off the debt, I will move to your hometown, make you happy, work hard, and pay off the debt."

However, investigations revealed that A had no intention of marrying B and planned to use most of the money received from B to repay personal debts and cover living expenses. Moreover, A had no significant assets and no steady income, so she was incapable of repaying the borrowed money.

In addition, in November 2021, A also extorted money from C, whom she met through the middle-aged divorced men and women dating application, by promising marriage. She told C, "I borrowed money from a friend and need to repay it, so please lend me 2 million won," "I am undergoing personal rehabilitation and will find a job to repay the money immediately," and "If you lend me money, I will treat you well for life," receiving about 47 million won in 107 transfers. Furthermore, during the trial, it was revealed that A also embezzled 3.7 million won from another middle-aged man, D, whom she met on the same app, using a similar method.

Judge Song pointed out, "The nature of the crime in this case is not good, and the amount of damage is considerable, yet most of B's damages have not been recovered, and no settlement has been reached." Regarding the sentencing, he explained, "The sentence was determined considering that the defendant admitted to the crime and showed remorse, deposited 20 million won in escrow to B, and reached settlements or paid damages to some victims."

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