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A married man in his 20s was sentenced to prison for taking gift cards and cash by pretending to be dating a woman he met through a blind date app.
According to the legal community on the 28th, Judge Cha Joo-hee, the 8th independent criminal of the Daejeon District Court, sentenced A (29), who was charged with fraud, to 1 year and 4 months in prison.
A (29), who has a wife and children in a common-law relationship, sent a message such as “I will not hurt you, let’s date” to B, a woman in her 20s, through a blind date app at her residence in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, in September 2020. sent.
Mr. A, who falsely introduced himself as ‘the manager of his father’s company,’ said, “I want to eat porridge,” “I want you to buy a pig’s foot or pizza,” “My father was arrested by the prosecution, and I will pay you back, so please lend me some money.” It was found that by November 2020, two months after I first met him, he had stolen 11 million won worth of money and valuables.
However, the prosecution revealed that Mr. A had no intention of actually dating the victim.
The court reprimanded the court, saying, “The crime method is very poor, and the damage has not been recovered at all.”
By Han Kyung-woo, reporter at Hankyung.com case@hankyung.com
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