Lee Jae-po(65), who worked as an actor and comedian, was fined for deceiving an acquaintance and stealing 20 million won.

On the 3rd, Judge Park Jong-woong of the 16th Criminal Division of the Incheon District Court sentenced Lee Jae-po, who was indicted on fraud charges, to a fine of 10 million won.

Lee Jae-po is accused of defrauding an acquaintance, Mr.A, out of 20 million won at a pension in Ganghwa Island, Incheon in November 2020.

At the time, Lee Jae-po borrowed money, saying it was to be used to run his wife’s clothing store, but it was found that he used it for purposes other than running the store, and that he already had a large amount of debt in the financial sector.

The court stated, “Considering the circumstances and method of the crime, the nature of the crime is not good.Despite being a repeat offender, he did not reflect on himself and committed this crime,” but explained the reason for the sentence, saying, “Lee Jae-po admits his wrongdoing.In addition, Mr.A’s surviving family reached an agreement with Lee Jae-po and did not want him to be punished, and we took into consideration the fact that Mr.Lee had no record of being punished for a similar crime.”

Lee Jae-po entered MBC 1983 Gag Contest and worked as a comedian.He also acted in dramas such as ‘The Fourth Republic’, ‘The Leopard of Kilimanjaro’, ‘Eun-sil’, and ‘Wild Times’.In 2006, he joined a newspaper company and turned to journalism.



Reporter Seungmi smlee@donga.com

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