ID theft linked to gambling addiction lands soldier in jail

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ID theft linked to gambling addiction lands soldier in jail
By Erik Slavin, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Saturday, April 19, 2008

CAMP CASEY, South Korea — When the money ran out for Pfc. Daniel Yoon, he walked into Community Bank and became fellow soldier Pfc. Jin Y. Kim.

He walked out with a $1,000 personal loan to feed his gambling habit.

On Thursday, Yoon pleaded guilty to nine charges related to stealing money and was sentenced to 15 months in confinement, reduction in rank to E-1 and a bad-conduct discharge.

Yoon has spent the past 142 days in confinement because he is considered a flight risk. Yoon also alluded to owing money to Korean underworld figures, and the military is worried about his safety, a command official said following the trial.

Kim told the court that after the theft, he couldn’t afford a haircut and couldn’t get more than a $20 loan because Yoon ruined his financial record.


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