According to prosecutors, to help her nude modeling activities, Choi used a computer in July to fake certificates to make it look as if she had graduated from SNU’s department of education and was enrolled in SNU’s graduate school, after which she submitted them to an entertainment agency.

Investigations turned up that Choi, who had received the attention of Korea’s tabloids as a nude model who had graduated from a prestigious university. Prosecutors said she faked the documents thinking it would help her activities in the entertainment industry if she said she was an SNU graduate.

(Choi Gyeong-un, codel@chosun.com )