"Many People Do It" ... The Temptation of a 'Free Repair' for Imported Cars [Claiming Falsehood]

[Financial News] At some point, a squeaking noise began coming from the car. It got worse whenever he drove over speed bumps. Because it was an imported car, he had been careful with it. He avoided sudden acceleration and hard braking as much as possible. But he had kept putting off routine maintenance and replacement of worn parts. Before long, the car had become worn out.
So Mr. A decided to use this opportunity to make up for all the neglect. He visited a repair shop and asked them to replace any problematic parts.

But Mr. A's expression hardened when he saw the estimate. He was stunned. The quote was more than three times what he had expected. As Mr. A hesitated, the shop owner, Mr. B, made a suggestion."Sir, let's handle it as an insurance repair. You don't have to pay everything in cash."When Mr. A asked again because he did not fully understand, Mr. B explained it smoothly, as if he were used to it. The gist was to use so-called non-genuine parts made by parts suppliers, while making it appear to the insurer as if the car had been repaired withgenuine parts supplied directly by the automaker.
In other words, the plan was to pocket the difference. He said the quality gap was not that large in practice, but the price difference was significant, making it an efficient method.
Mr. A hesitated because he had never heard of such a thing before. He was also worried that it might cause trouble. But Mr. B pressed the point, telling him that he could "get the repair done without extra cost" and that "many people do it." In the end, Mr. A, burdened by the cost, agreed to the proposal.
Following Mr. B's instructions, Mr. A submitted a parts invoice for 7.5 million won and received about 6.5 million won.

However, the insurance fraud scheme was uncovered by the insurer.
Mr. A was charged with violating the Special Act on Prevention of Insurance Fraud.Fine set at 3 million wonThe court concluded.
The court said that Mr. A admitted to the offense and showed remorse. However, it noted that he committed the latest crime even though he was already on probation after being sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for two years, for offenses including falsifying public electronic records and related crimes, which punish acts that undermine the credibility of public records through false reports to public institutions.

taeil0808@fnnews.com Kim Tae-il Reporter