▲ Chuncheon District Court and Chuncheon Branch of Seoul High Court
A 50-year-old individual has ended up with a criminal record after keeping packages that were mistakenly delivered to their home instead of returning them to the neighbor.
On June 14, Judge Jeong Jong-geon of the Chuncheon District Court, presiding over the first criminal division, announced that A (59) was sentenced to a fine of 3 million won with a one-year suspended sentence on charges of embezzlement of lost property and theft.
A was indicted on charges of taking a package containing health supplements worth 200,000 won, which had been mistakenly delivered to their home in Chuncheon in October 2025, without returning it to the neighbor, B.
A was also charged with stealing another package containing 4 kg of cuttlefish that had been delivered to a different neighbor, C, in November of the same year.
Judge Jeong stated, "The defendant repeatedly stole or embezzled the property of others, so the culpability is not light," adding, "The sentence was determined by taking into account that the defendant admitted to the crimes, has no prior record of similar offenses, and has compensated for the damages and reached an amicable settlement with the victims."
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