Paid only 2.6 million won over six months of sexual relations

Convicted of fraud and violation of anti-prostitution law

Unrelated to this article. Police conduct a raid on a prostitution establishment. [Jeju Western Police Station]
Unrelated to this article. Police conduct a raid on a prostitution establishment. [Jeju Western Police Station]

A man in his 60s who deceived a woman in her 20s with a forged bank balance showing over 1.4 billion won ($1.01 million) — promising to pay her 50 million won — and had sexual relations with her 27 times has been sentenced to prison.

The actual amount he paid the victim was just 2.6 million won.

The Gwangju District Court's Criminal Division 9, presided over by Judge Jeon Hee-suk, sentenced the defendant, identified only as A, 65, to eight months in prison on charges of fraud and violation of the Act on the Punishment of Arrangement of Commercial Sex Acts.

A was indicted on charges of having sexual relations with a woman in her 20s, identified as B, 27 times between April and October 2024 without paying the promised 50 million won or living expenses.

The two met at a massage parlor in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju.

A proposed to B that he would give her 50 million won in exchange for meeting regularly — once a week or about three times a month — for sex. He also told her he would provide monthly living expenses and cover tuition if she wanted to study, urging her to quit the parlor.

At the time, A was in financial difficulty and already on trial for fraud, but he showed B a forged bank account statement reflecting a balance of more than 1.4 billion won, presenting himself as a wealthy man.

B immediately quit her job and began meeting A the following day. A made excuses, telling her that paying the full 50 million won at once could draw attention from the National Tax Service, and over roughly six months had sexual relations with her 27 times while paying only 2.6 million won.

At trial, A's defense argued that the 50 million won was not payment for sex but support intended to help B, whom he described as his romantic partner, through financial hardship. The court rejected A's claim that the two had been in a romantic relationship.

The court said A bore heavy criminal responsibility given the duration and frequency of the offenses and the amount obtained through deception, adding that he had been punished multiple times for similar crimes and committed the offense while already on trial for fraud and serving a suspended sentence.


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