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The court sentenced a couple in their 40s to prison for claiming insurance money by disguising their elementary school children as victims of various accidents.
Today (23rd), Jeju District Court Detective 3 (Chief Judge Kim Yeon-kyung) sentenced A (47), who was handed over to trial on charges of violating the Special Act on Insurance Fraud Prevention, Child Welfare Act, negligence, and obstruction of business, to 8 years in prison. Ordered a five-year restriction on employment in child-related organizations.
A's wife B (48), who is also accused of some charges, was also sentenced to 2 years in prison and 4 years of probation, 5 years of restrictions on employment at child-related institutions, 80 hours of child abuse prevention lectures, 120 hours of social studies ordered to serve.
The couple are charged with receiving insurance money of 33 million won from a non-life insurance company by signing up for insurance under the name of their two children, who are elementary school students, and claiming false insurance money dozens of times from September 2018 to June 2019.
They took advantage of the fact that the item of 'Violence Accident Insurance in Everyday Life' is paid 1 million won at a time, disguising their children as victims of school violence, issuing a medical certificate and submitting it to the non-life insurance company to receive insurance money illegally. I did.
In the process, they inflicted emotional abuse on their two children by forcing them to make false statements of harm.
In addition, it has been found that the people involved have retired from their jobs or received psychiatric treatment for a long period of time by repeatedly sending text messages that cause anxiety to those involved.
However, in the courtroom, Mr. A complained of injustice, saying, "I couldn't do anything to protect myself from the violence of public authorities."
The court said, "Mr. A frequently filed complaints with public institutions during the trial, and encouraged his children in the daycare center to make up a false report and then report it." It is high, and it is difficult to expect improvement.”
He continued, "Mr B also participated in most crimes as accomplices, so the guilt is not light at all, but he was psychologically atrophied to the pressure of Mr. A and took part in the crime. I explained the reasons for the sentencing.
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