Jinju Criminal Defense Attorney Defense Case | Jinju Criminal Defense Attorney: A Suspended Sentence for a Voice Phishing Cash Collector

The Jinju criminal attorney conducted a consultation with the client and ascertained the circumstances of the case.

The client had received a proposal from a friend met through social media that, if the client undertook the work of collecting and delivering cash, the client would be given compensation.

As a result, the client came to take on the role of a cash collector, meeting victims, receiving money, and then delivering it.

Ultimately, having been indicted in this case and facing criminal punishment, the client entrusted the criminal matter to a Jinju criminal attorney at Daeryun LLC.

▶ Statutes related to the case, as explained by the Jinju criminal attorney

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

A person who organizes, joins, or acts as a member of an organization or group whose purpose is to commit a crime punishable by death, imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for a definite term of four years or more shall be punished by the penalty prescribed for the intended crime. Provided, that the sentence may be reduced.

■Criminal Act Article 347 (Fraud)
(1) A person who obtains property or acquires pecuniary advantage by deceiving another shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or by a fine not exceeding 20 million won.
(2) The preceding paragraph shall also apply where, by the method described in the preceding paragraph, a third party is caused to obtain property or to acquire pecuniary advantage.

■Resident Registration Act Article 37, Item 10
A person who wrongfully uses another person's resident registration number shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 3 years or by a fine not exceeding 30 million won.

■Act on Regulation of Concealment of Criminal Proceeds Article 3, Paragraph 1
A person who disguises facts concerning the acquisition or disposition of criminal proceeds and the like shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or by a fine not exceeding 30 million won.

The attorney argued that the client fully admitted the offense and was deeply remorseful, and was firmly resolved never again to become involved in unlawful activities such as those in this case.

The attorney argued that the client had merely carried out, mechanically, the tasks instructed while being deceived by the fraud organization, and had not from the outset conspired with the criminal organization or led the offense.

Through the messenger exchanges between the client and the voice phishing group, additional facts of the offense were discovered.

Accordingly, the Jinju criminal attorney argued that the client had also voluntarily surrendered with respect to the remaining three counts that had not yet been subject to police investigation.

The case above was an instance in which a client indicted on charges of acting as a cash collector for voice phishing obtained a suspended sentence with the assistance of a Jinju criminal attorney.

If you are facing difficulty in defending criminal proceedings in a situation similar to the case above, please feel free at any time to entrust the criminal matter to 🔗a Jinju criminal attorney at Daeryun LLC.