Criminal Division 22 of the Seoul Central District Court (Judge Cho Hyeong-woo) sentenced Sisters A and B, indicted on charges including fraud, forgery, and use of official documents, to 10 and 7 years in prison, respectively. The sisters, who operated an online shopping mall, are accused of borrowing approximately 8.3 billion won from acquaintances between June 2023 and December 2024 without repaying the funds.
When the sisters faced financial difficulties in operating their mall, they allegedly lied to acquaintances and bond securitization companies, saying, “We will repay you once we receive settlement funds from a trading partner, so please lend us money.” They fabricated a false payment confirmation document stating, “We are scheduled to receive 2.1365 billion Korean won from a trading partner,” and presented it. Later, they claimed, “The trading partner is under investigation by the Korea Fair Trade Commission, so the settlement payment is delayed,” and refused to repay the money. During this process, they forged a false summons letter in the name of the commission and hired an actor to impersonate a commission employee in front of the victims.
The court stated, “Over a period of one year and six months, they repeatedly deceived victims to embezzle a massive sum. In the process, they unhesitatingly forged and used official documents, and toward the end of the crime, they even paid a third party to impersonate a commission employee in front of the victims. The methods and nature of the crime are extremely malicious.” The court also considered that the sisters failed to repay most of the borrowed funds and that the victims demanded severe punishment.
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