Man in His 30s Sentenced to Prison for Impersonating Doctor and Defrauding Women He Promised to Marry

A man in his 30s who approached women on social media by impersonating a doctor and swindled tens of millions of won has been sentenced to prison.

According to the legal community on the 10th, Judge Park Kwang-min of Criminal Division 1 at the Cheongju District Court sentenced A (39), who was indicted without detention on fraud charges, to 8 months in prison and placed him under court custody.

A deceived a woman in her 30s, B, whom he met in a KakaoTalk open chat room in May of last year, by lying that he was a university hospital doctor and promising to marry her.

Investigations showed that between May and June of the same year, he took about 78 million won from B across eight installments under the pretexts of repair costs for a drunk driving accident, inheritance taxes, and loan repayments.

In November of the same year, A approached another woman in her 30s, C, whom he met on a dating app using the same method, and swindled 3 million won from her.

He was found to have deceived her by claiming that he was paying off his father's debts instead and that her bank account had been provisionally seized during the process, making funds necessary to lift the seizure.

Judge Park stated the reason for the sentencing, saying, "The defendant has a record of similar offenses, the method of the crime is very poor, and he failed to reach a settlement with B." The judge added, "However, consideration was given to the fact that the damage suffered by C has been largely recovered."

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