Caregiver receives suspended sentence for stealing from dementia patient

Caregiver gets suspended sentence for taking W20m from dementia patient's bank account

A caregiver in her 70s has received a suspended prison sentence for taking more than 20 million won ($14,000) from an elderly dementia patient she had cared for, the Cheongju District Court said Sunday. The court sentenced the woman to 2 1/2 years in prison, suspended for four years, after finding her guilty of quasi-fraud, violating the Specialized Credit Finance Business Act, forging a private document and using the forged document. Quasi-fraud applies to cases in which a person exploits a min

By The Korea Herald