Prosecutors asked for 7 to 8 years in prison for sales agents who stole 5.4 billion earned in deposits for charter rentals in collusion with a group of charter fraudsters.
According to the legal community on the 10th, the prosecution asked for 8 years in prison and 7 years in prison for two people, including A and B, held recently in the hearing of Chief Judge Jang Doo-bong of the Ansan branch of the Suwon District Court.
In 2020-2021, Mr. A, a sales agent, and others are in charge of the sales agency business for a new office in Guri-si, Gyeonggi-do, connecting tenants looking for a private house with the group of fraudsters charter. , Mr. Choi, and received a rental deposit of 5.5 billion earned by people 24. Chan under suspicion. They also take refunds worth 10 million to 20 million earned in the name of presenting tenants.
There were three members of Mr. Choi, the main perpetrator of charter fraud, involved in fraud by using the so-called ‘non-capital gap investment’, which ensures the ownership of a house by signing a contract at the same time to buy a house with the rental deposit. paid by the lessee. They are known to own around 2,400 houses across the country like this. The tenants who live here have not received their deposit back even though the rental period has ended.
Three people, including Mr Choi, were sentenced to 5 to 8 years in prison in the first trial for embezzling 7 billion won in jeonse deposits from a total of 31 victims in April, and appealed the verdict.
Investigative authorities are investigating, believing there may be more victims of chartered rentals who have been defrauded by Choi’s gang.
