LG Electronics Store Manager Sentenced to Prison for Stealing 600 Million Won in Newlyweds' Appliance Payments

A branch manager of an authorized LG Electronics dealer in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, who went into hiding after embezzling appliance purchase payments from customers including prospective newlyweds, has been sentenced to prison in the first-instance trials of two separate cases.

The Seoul Northern District Court sentenced a former LG Electronics sales manager, identified by the surname A, to two years and six months in prison and one year in prison, respectively, during sentencing hearings held in March and July for two counts of fraud.

A is accused of embezzling a total of 639.21 million won from 37 customers between July and October of last year.

A lured customers into making cash payments by promising discount benefits if they issued partnership cards and made payments, deceiving them by saying, "If you pay for the goods in advance (in cash) and then create a (partnership) card later to settle the payment, the payment made today will be canceled and refunded within two to three days."

The money embezzled in this manner was used to pay off personal debts in a "debt-rolling" manner or spent on gambling funds.

The court pointed out that "the nature of the crime is grave given the circumstances and details of the offense," but added that it took into consideration factors such as A reflecting on the wrongdoing and LG Electronics compensating the victims.

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