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Single mother — 8 months for forging hospital-fee waiver
Mother S (anonymized)·Low-income·District Court · 2019
Harm
~₩1.2M hospital-fee waiver
Sentence
8m
Court
District Court
Guideline
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Case summary
A single mother altered an income-verification document to qualify for a ₩1.2 million hospital-fee waiver for her child's surgery. Convicted of public-document forgery and fraud, she received 8 months of actual imprisonment, with the court emphasizing 'fraud against the state.' Civil society organizations argued the sentence was disproportionate to the harm.
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Strict toward weak
Above guideline
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