The prosecution requested an 8-year prison sentence for Lee Mo (34), who was arrested and indicted on charges of embezzling over 2.1 billion won while working as a secretary to No So-young, director of Art Center Nabi.
On the 30th, at the sentencing hearing held at the Seoul Western District Court Criminal Division 11 (Presiding Judge Bae Seong-jung) for Lee's case involving violations of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (fraud), forgery of private documents, and other charges, the prosecution requested the court to impose the sentence, stating, "The crime is very serious and the nature of the offense is extremely bad."
The prosecution pointed out, "The defendant claims that some damages were recovered through the transfer of a 600 million won lease deposit claim, but 400 million won of that was paid through a lease loan, so only 200 million won can actually be repaid." On the other hand, Lee's defense attorney argued, "According to our calculations, the remaining amount to be repaid is about 1.6 to 1.7 billion won," and added, "There are plans to repay the rest around the Chuseok holiday."
No director's representative stated, "During the inspection process after the indictment, additional damages were discovered and are under investigation, so we want to ask whether the defendant has a sincere intention to reflect on his actions," and added, "It is unclear what actions the defendant took in the past while infringing on the victim's personal information."
Lee was prosecuted for joining Art Center Nabi in 2019, taking out loans worth approximately 438 million won in No director's name, and transferring about 1.194 billion won in deposits from No director's account to his own account for use. Additionally, by impersonating No director and deceiving Art Center employees, he embezzled a total of 2.132 billion won, including 500 million won sent under the pretext of litigation funds.
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