Following the husband’s orders, the wife had taken a man she met in Dongdaemun to a motel room in July 2015.

When the heavily intoxicated man fell asleep straight away, she stole his money and cell phone. She took photos of her private parts and sent obscene messages to her husband’s friend, later claiming them as evidence of her being raped.

However, the police investigated and had the woman prosecuted in December 2015 for false accusation, robbery and manipulation of evidence.

She pleaded guilty and claimed she had acted under her husband’s directions. She was sentenced in February to one year in prison.

The husband, who has been on the run, was indicted on Thursday.

A person from the Prosecutor’s Office who claimed knowledge of the case said that nothing regarding the wife’s verdict will change, but if the couple had been simultaneously prosecuted, the husband could have been given probation.

By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)