[Daeryun Newsletter] Pantry Choco Pie Theft: Will the Appellate Court Rule 'Not Guilty'?

Financial News

Quasi-deposit-taking is a fundraising activity that attracts investment funds without licenses or permits required by law. With the boundary between legal and illegal being blurred, quasi-deposit-taking is large in both the amount and scale of harm it causes, calling for caution. Financial-law specialist attorney Yoon Jung-hyun provides a clear and concise summary of how to respond to quasi-deposit-taking fraud.

Global Epic

Petty thefts of 100,000 won or less are once again on a surging trend. Last year recorded 107,000 cases, surpassing the 100,000 mark for the first time in about 105 years. Petty theft, too, is punished by the same legal standard as ordinary theft. Daeryun's criminal-law specialist attorney Lee Ki-jun emphasized the importance of settlement in petty-theft cases.

Sports Seoul

A court has ruled that where, during a drunk-driving crackdown, the police incorrectly informed the driver about the administrative disposition, causing the driver to forgo a retest, the subsequent disposition should be deemed void. Attorney Shin Dong-hoon, who handled the appeal in the administrative lawsuit on behalf of the driver, offered comments on the key issues in this case.

MoneyS

With an incident in which some 300 Korean workers were detained on suspicion of illegally staying in the U.S., attention is focusing on the creation of a Korea-only professional work visa (E4) being discussed in some quarters. Daeryun's U.S. attorney Kim Mi-a examined the likelihood of creating the E4 visa and the visa issues facing small and medium-sized partner companies.