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A daughter in her 50s and a granddaughter in her 20s who stole a billion-dollar pension insurance money from an elderly woman in her 80s with dementia were sentenced to probation and fines, respectively.

It turned out that the stolen money was wasted on living and entertainment expenses.



The Suwon District Court's 6th Criminal Division (Chief Judge Hyeran Park) announced today (24th) that her daughter A (55), who was charged with violating the Elderly Welfare Act, was sentenced to 10 months in prison, 2 years of probation, and 120 hours of community service.



She also sentenced her two granddaughters to a fine of 8 million won and 3 million won, respectively, including B (28), who had committed her crimes with Mr. A.



In April 2018, Mr. A withdrew 300,000 won in cash from the account of Mr. C, an elderly woman with dementia in his 80s, whom he was living with, and used it for personal use. He was handed over to trial on charges of unauthorized use of the paid pension insurance money of 41.3 million won.



A's two daughters are also accused of using a similar method to tamper with her maternal grandmother C's money, using 47.7 million won and 14.7 million won respectively.



After they found out that 4.3 million won was paid in monthly pension insurance from the life insurance company to Mr. C's account, they took advantage of Mr. C's dementia and committed the crime.



It was confirmed that the stolen money was used for living expenses and entertainment expenses.



The court said, "I neglected to support my mother or grandmother with dementia, and I arbitrarily used the pension paid to support the victim's living expenses, entertainment expenses, etc. The quality of the crime is extremely poor,” he pointed out.



He explained the reason for the sentencing, saying, "Even though victim C's son disapproved of this, he continued to steal money without any guilt."


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The current Elder Welfare Act prohibits the use of gifts or money given to the elderly over 65 for any other purpose.