Uijeongbu Attorney Recommendation | Assisting a Client Charged With Concealment of Property, Concluded With a Suspension of Indictment

The account of the client who came to the Uijeongbu attorney is as follows.

The client, at a friend's request, temporarily kept about 30 million won in cash.

As it was a request from a friend he had trusted, the client accepted it without much suspicion and kept the 30 million won in cash that the friend handed over at his home.

A few days later, however, he learned that the friend had been implicated in a fraud case.

The client realized that the money he was holding was highly likely to be property obtained unlawfully, but the police were already conducting an investigation on suspicion that funds related to the fraud case had been concealed.

The client subsequently came to be investigated in connection with the crime of concealing property, on the basis that he had kept the money for a certain period even after learning of its source.

The crime of concealing property is an act of concealing another person's property and thereby impairing its utility, and under Article 366 of the Criminal Act it may be punished as 🔗destruction of property.

-What is concealment?

Concealment means hiding another person's object or a person who has committed a crime, or making the location of property unclear.

-What is utility?

It means a state in which, due to destruction or concealment, an object cannot be used for its original purpose either permanently or temporarily.

Destruction of property means destroying or concealing another person's property or documents, and it is punishable by imprisonment for up to three years or a fine of up to seven million won.

The Uijeongbu attorney emphasized that the client had no intention of concealing property from the outset.

The client had simply kept the money at a friend's request and was entirely unaware that the funds were property obtained unlawfully.

In addition, the client tried to return the money immediately upon learning of its source.

The Uijeongbu attorney emphasized that there had been no active conduct to hide or dispose of criminal proceeds, and requested leniency.

The Uijeongbu attorney emphasized that, immediately after recognizing the source of the money, the client sought to return it voluntarily and also actively cooperated during the investigation.

In fact, the client actively cooperated throughout the investigation and submitted the relevant materials transparently.

In addition, during the investigation, the client did not deny the charge and consistently maintained the position of having been deceived by a friend, explaining the situation logically.

The Uijeongbu attorney emphasized the client's intention to return the money voluntarily and the cooperative attitude, and requested leniency.

The Uijeongbu attorney argued that the client led a socially stable life and that the likelihood of reoffending was very low.

The Uijeongbu attorney emphasized, through statements of support from the client's coworkers and family, that the client was ordinarily a diligent and honest person.