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A woman in her 40s who stole her mother's personal information to get a credit card and spend close to 60 million won was sentenced to probation in prison.
Today (the 6th), the 1st Criminal Division of the Jeju District Court (Chief Judge Shim Byung-jik) sentenced 45-year-old A, who was charged with fraud, etc. to 6 months in prison and 1 year of probation, and ordered 40 hours of community service.
After receiving a credit card using her mother's personal information on the website of a credit card company in August 2018, Mr. A was handed over to trial on charges of purchasing items worth 14.97 million won a total of 466 times until April 2020.
In addition, Mr. A is also accused of acquiring 44.37 million won by applying for cash advances a total of 28 times through the mobile app of the card company.
At the time of issuance of the credit card, it was investigated that Mr. A received his mother's name, resident registration number, and address, and entered her mobile phone number in her mother's name to authenticate herself.
It is said that A's mother did not know that her daughter made a card using her personal information.
The court said, "The defendant steals his mother's personal information, gets a card, and uses it to embezzle money, so the crime is not light." took into account," he explained, explaining the reason for his sentencing.
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