Top court upholds 1-year sentence for president's mother-in-law over forgery
Published: 16 Nov. 2023, 12:19
Updated: 16 Nov. 2023, 15:27
![President Yoon Suk Yeol’s mother-in-law, Choi Eun-soon, enters the Uijeongbu District Court in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi, on July 21. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2023/11/16/296ce8e5-9c23-4ab3-b5fd-4eb2ca90beb6.jpg)
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s mother-in-law, Choi Eun-soon, enters the Uijeongbu District Court in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi, on July 21. [YONHAP]
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court's one-year prison sentence for President Yoon Suk Yeol's mother-in-law.
The 76-year-old Choi Eun-soon was found guilty of forging documents and purchasing property using other people's names.
Choi, in 2013, in acquiring real estate in Dochon-dong, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, forged her bank statement to make it appear she had 34.9 billion won ($26.7 million) in deposit.
Yoon's mother-in-law purchased the property under the name of a relative of an accomplice.
The forged balance sheet was even submitted to a court during a legal battle regarding the real estate purchase.
Choi has been in prison since July, when she was arrested in court after sentencing by an appeals court.
BY LEE HO-JEONG [[email protected]]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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