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South Korean computer technician accused of stealing from elderly Canberra woman has charges against him dropped
Prosecutors have dropped all charges against a Korean national accused of defrauding an elderly Canberra woman out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Key points:
- Byung Uk Cho was accused of stealing $360,000 from a Canberra woman after he fixed her computer
- He was charged with 27 counts of fraud in the ACT Magistrates Court and pleaded not guilty
- On Wednesday prosecutors dropped all charges against Mr Cho
Byung Uk Cho was arrested at Sydney Airport in October last year while attempting to board a flight to South Korea.
He was charged with 27 counts of fraud in the ACT Magistrates Court and pleaded not guilty.
The 27-year-old had been under investigation since March 2020 over a string of allegedly suspicious transactions from an 89-year-old…
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