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A woman in her 60s and her son who stole more than 1.3 billion won from the bank account of an elderly person with dementia who she cared for have been sentenced to prison.



The 15th Criminal Division of the Suwon District Court (Chief Judge Hyuok Cho) sentenced a 69-year-old Chinese caregiver A and his 41-year-old B, who were charged with violating the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (fraud), etc. to 4 and 3 years in prison, respectively. announced today (4th) that he was sentenced to



Person A and others were handed over to trial on charges of withdrawing a total of 1.37 billion won over 218 times from the account of elderly dementia patient C from September 2014 to December 2020.



It was investigated that Mr. A, who usually knew Mr. C's account password, secretly took Mr. C's check card and transferred Mr. C's money from an automatic teller machine to an account under his name.



Mr. A worked as a housekeeper and caregiver for about 10 years from September 2010, when Mr. C lived in Silver Town, to December, 2020, when he died.



It was identified that A started the crime when there was no one around C, who was single, who could manage his property, and C's health condition deteriorated due to dementia symptoms.



It is said that Mr. B, the son of Mr. A, who conspired in the crime, used the remitted money of Mr. C to invest in stocks or gamble on the Internet.




Person A argued in court that "the money transferred from Mr. C's account was the money that Mr. C paid me rightly while he was alive", but the court did not accept this.



The court said, "Looking at the medical records of Mr. C, it seems that the victim was in a state of mental and physical disability, such as not having cognitive abilities due to dementia, so it would have been difficult to properly manage his account." It is acknowledged that he was well aware of the condition, and that he used it to transfer money from the victim's account to obtain property benefits."



He continued, "The accused committed the crime over a long period of time in a situation where the victim had no choice but to rely on and trust the accused. "He explained the reason for the sentencing.



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(Photo = Courtesy of Suwon District Court / Yonhap News)