A 30-year-old woman involved in prostitution was sentenced to imprisonment for falsely claiming, “I was sexually assaulted by a man who pretended to be a delivery worker,” when she had actually engaged in a paid sexual relationship with a man who visited a prostitution establishment. The woman received 80,000 Korean won from the man.
Judge Jeong Seong-hwa of the Criminal Division 11 of the Seoul Southern District Court sentenced Jang, surnamed Jang, 34 years old, and No, surnamed No, 36 years old, the operator of the prostitution establishment, to 1 year and 6 months in prison and 1 year in prison, respectively. They were charged with false accusation, obstruction of public duty by fraud, and violation of the Act on the Punishment of Arrangement of Prostitution, etc.
Jang was an employee at the prostitution establishment operated by No since March in an apartment in Gangseo-gu, Seoul. On April 27 around 6 p.m., Jang had a sexual relationship with Mr. A, who visited after seeing an advertisement. During the encounter, she was assaulted and later asked a resident of the same floor apartment for help, saying, “Someone broke into my home.”
Subsequently, Jang falsely stated to the police, who arrived after the resident’s report, that “a stranger attempted to enter her residence, tried to remove her clothes, and fled when unsuccessful.” She repeated the false account to officers who revisited the scene, claiming, “When I opened the door for a gimbap delivery, the perpetrator...
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