"I Left My Bag Behind": A Man in His 60s Approaches—His Shocking Identity

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If you met someone who said, "I accidentally left my bag on the train, could you please lend me some transportation money?", what would you do?

I feel like I might lend them the money myself.

However, this is a scam, a complete scam.

A man in his 60s who betrayed the goodwill of citizens has been sentenced to prison.

The Daegu District Court announced yesterday that it sentenced a man in his 60s, identified as A, to 10 months in prison on fraud charges.

He was indicted on charges of approaching passersby in Songpa-gu for about five months starting in April of last year, deceiving them by claiming he left his bag on the SRT (Super Rapid Train) and had no wallet or cell phone, and asking to borrow transportation money to return to his home in Busan, promising to wire the money back once he got home.

He was accused of swindling 1.76 million won from 13 people.

Man A had not actually lost his cell phone or wallet.

It was also confirmed that he had no intention of paying the money back from the very beginning.

The court explained its reasoning for the sentencing by pointing out that he repeatedly committed crimes using the same modus operandi and carried out the offense during a probation or repeated-offense period for similar crimes, making a strict punishment unavoidable.
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