[Case Assisted by a Busan Criminal Attorney] With the Assistance of a Busan Criminal Attorney, a Suspended Sentence Was Achieved in a Fraud Case

The client who came to the Busan criminal attorney had been offered cash collection work by an unidentified person.

The client accepted the proposal of the unidentified person and agreed to receive a fee per instance in return for the work.

When the unidentified person lured a victim by saying he would provide a loan, the client posed as a bank employee and collected money from the victim.

The client thus deceived victims on several occasions and obtained money by deception, and having been the subject of a criminal complaint on the charge of voice phishing fraud, he requested the assistance of the Busan criminal attorney to defend against the punishment.

■ Statutes Related to the Case as Explained by the Busan Criminal Attorney

■ Criminal Act, Article 114 (Organization of a Criminal Group, etc.)

A person who organizes, joins, or acts as a member of an organization or group for the purpose of committing a crime punishable by death, life imprisonment, or imprisonment for a maximum term of four years or more shall be punished by the penalty prescribed for the intended crime. However, the punishment may be mitigated.

■ Criminal Act, Article 347 (Fraud)

A person who deceives another and thereby has property delivered or obtains a pecuniary advantage shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years or a fine not exceeding twenty million won.

■ Criminal Act, Article 347-2 (Fraud by Use of a Computer)

A person who obtains a pecuniary advantage, or causes a third party to obtain such advantage, by inputting false information or improper commands into a data processing device such as a computer, or by inputting or altering information without authority and thereby causing data processing, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years or a fine not exceeding twenty million won.

■ Criminal Act, Article 348 (Quasi-Fraud)

A person who has property delivered or obtains a pecuniary advantage by taking advantage of a minor's lack of discernment or a person's mental disability shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years or a fine not exceeding twenty million won.

■ Criminal Act, Article 349 (Unjust Enrichment)

A person who obtains a substantially unjust advantage by taking advantage of another person's distressed and urgent situation shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine not exceeding ten million won.

■ Criminal Act, Article 350 (Extortion)

A person who extorts another and thereby has property delivered or obtains a pecuniary advantage shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years or a fine not exceeding twenty million won.

The Busan criminal attorney argued that the client had suffered extreme poverty to the point that his livelihood was difficult.

As the head of a household, the client had to support his family, but his circumstances were not good.

The attorney stated that, in the midst of this, the client received a work offer from the unidentified person and began the work without recognizing that it was a voice phishing crime.

The client is sincerely remorseful regarding the psychological and material harm to the victims.

The Busan criminal attorney argued that the client had turned himself in for all of his remaining offenses that had not been reported as harm, and that he was deeply regretful.

The Busan criminal attorney emphasized that the client is a diligent member of society with no record of criminal punishment, including no prior actual (custodial) sentence for a crime of the same kind.

The attorney argued that, as soon as the client recognized the criminal facts, he informed the victims and made efforts to prevent further harm.

With the assistance of the Busan criminal attorney, the client succeeded in defending against the punishment in the voice phishing fraud lawsuit and received a suspended sentence.

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