Teenage Siblings Steal Money After Giving Father Coffee Mixed With Sleeping Pills

Initially Only the Sister's Boyfriend Was Indicted Without Detention
Prosecutors Confirmed the Siblings Were Accomplices Through Supplementary Investigation

Two teenage siblings have been indicted for secretly administering sleeping pills to their father and then using his mobile phone to take out tens of millions of won in loans. Initially, only the sister's boyfriend was referred to the prosecution on fraud charges, but a supplementary investigation by the prosecution revealed that the siblings were accomplices.

According to Yonhap News on July 14, the Ulsan District Prosecutors’ Office, Criminal Division 1 (headed by Chief Prosecutor Lee Hoseok), indicted Ms. A and her boyfriend, Mr. B, without detention on June 22 on charges of robbery and computer-related fraud. Ms. A's younger brother, Mr. C, was referred to the juvenile court on the same charges.

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The three are accused of mixing sleeping pills into coffee in 2024 and giving it to their father, Mr. D (in his 40s), after which they used his mobile phone to take out loans from a bank amounting to over 30 million won, eventually embezzling a total of 40 million won. It was found that they used the stolen money to purchase gold, which they then sold at a gold shop for cash, subsequently using the money for skin care and other expenses.

The crime was exposed when the father woke up, realized his children were missing, and filed a missing persons report.

At first, the police located and questioned the siblings and Mr. B, but only applied charges of computer-related fraud involving the mobile phone loans to Mr. B when referring the case to the prosecution.

During the police investigation, Mr. B admitted to Ms. A's use of sleeping pills, but Ms. A testified that she had "never participated in the crime," and Mr. C also insisted that "my sister was not involved," so the investigation was closed without further follow-up. However, in November of last year, the prosecution conducted a supplementary investigation and confirmed the siblings were indeed accomplices.

During a face-to-face investigation with all three present, the siblings confessed that they had turned prescribed sleeping pills into powder at the hospital and mixed them into coffee, which they gave to their father.

The prosecution considered Ms. A's act of rendering her father incapacitated and then stealing his mobile phone to obtain loans as constituting robbery, and prosecuted her along with Mr. B.

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