"Deposit the Money First" 19 Times Used Goods Transaction Scam... 20s Male Sentenced to Prison

Court: "Repeated offenses during probation period... No victim restitution either"

A man in his 20s who deceived people by selling gifticons and CPUs and embezzled millions of won was sentenced to prison.

On the 11th, Judge Park Min of Criminal Division 12 at the Seoul Northern District Court announced that he sentenced Mr. A (29), who was indicted on charges of fraud, to one year in prison.

Seoul Northern District Court
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Mr. A was charged with posting ads on online secondhand trading sites from June to October last year, claiming to sell various gifticons and CPUs, and deceiving 19 victims who contacted him by saying, "If you deposit the payment, I will send the goods," thereby embezzling a total of about 1.94 million won.

Previously, Mr. A was sentenced to one year in prison and served time for committing a similar crime in 2020 using a similar method.

The court stated, "The defendant has a history of multiple criminal punishments for fraud involving similar goods, yet during the probation period, he repeatedly committed fraudulent acts targeting an unspecified number of victims, which is highly condemnable," and added, "He did not take measures to restore the damages, and thus was not forgiven by the victims."