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Suwon Jungbu Police Station

A national merit recipient was caught embezzling tens of millions of won from another merit recipient with dementia.

On the 19th, the Suwon Jungbu Police Station in Gyeonggi announced that they arrested Mr. A (in his 70s), a male national merit recipient residing at the Korea Veterans Welfare and Medical Service Suwon Veterans Nursing Home, on charges of quasi-fraud.

Mr. A is suspected of embezzling approximately 86 million won from Mr. B’s check card and other assets since 2022. The embezzled money was spent on taxi fares and Sports Toto, among other things. It was confirmed that Mr. A took advantage of Mr. B’s lack of family and dementia condition by volunteering as his guardian and committing the crime.

The Veterans Nursing Home, operated by the Veterans Welfare Service, is a social welfare facility for national merit recipients and their families. Merit recipients who have difficulty receiving family support live here. Both individuals are Vietnam War veterans and are known to have been admitted in 2018 and 2019, respectively.

Considering the severity of Mr. A’s crime and the risk of flight, the police applied for an arrest warrant. They also plan to conduct a thorough investigation with the nursing home to determine if similar fraud cases exist among other merit recipients.

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