Former Yongsan Tax Office Chief Yoon Woo-jin Sentenced to 10 Months in Prison for Bribery to Dismiss Tax Investigation

Former Seoul Yongsan Tax Office Chief Yoon Woo-jin, who was indicted on charges of accepting bribes under the pretext of quashing a tax investigation, was sentenced to 10 months in prison in the first trial.

Former Seoul Yongsan Tax Office Chief Yoon Woo-jin, who was indicted on charges including accepting bribes to dismiss tax investigations, is attending the first trial sentencing hearing held at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-dong, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 25th.
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On the 25th, Judge Kim Sang-il of the Criminal Division 1 at the Seoul Central District Court sentenced former Chief Yoon, who was detained and indicted for violating the Attorney-at-Law Act, to 10 months in prison and ordered the confiscation of 32.19 million KRW. However, Judge Kim stated that he would not enforce the prison sentence immediately, considering that former Chief Yoon had been detained for six months and other trials were ongoing. The prosecution had previously demanded a 5-year prison sentence for former Chief Yoon in February.

Former Chief Yoon was tried on charges of violating the Attorney-at-Law Act for allegedly receiving 130 million KRW from two individuals, including real estate developer Mr. A from Incheon, in exchange for promising to make requests to tax authorities between 2017 and 2018. During the trial, Yoon's defense claimed that 30 million KRW of this amount was payment for legitimate work performed, and 100 million KRW was repayment of a loan. He was released in June last year after his detention period expired during the trial.

Former Chief Yoon is also separately on trial for allegedly receiving 529 million KRW from a tax accountant and a meat importer under the pretext of providing convenience related to his duties.

Former Chief Yoon is the older brother of Yoon Dae-jin, a former prosecutor known as a close aide to President Yoon Suk-yeol during his time at the prosecution service.

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