I am being charged with subway hidden camera filming.

Subway hidden camera charges fall under the crime of using a camera, etc., under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes, and the criminal punishment is very severe.

During the investigation process, digital forensics may be conducted to secure evidence from mobile phones, tablets, cloud accounts, and CCTV.

At this time, since digital forensics includes scientific procedures such as recovery of deleted videos and photos, confirmation of transmission records, and analysis of file creation and modification logs in addition to merely stored files, charges are not automatically dropped just because there is no video on the device.

If your subway hidden camera charges are recognized, under Article 14 of the Sexual Violence Punishment Act, you may be subject to imprisonment of up to 7 years or a fine of up to 50 million won.

Also, if the criminal facts are recognized, security measures such as completion order for sex crimes treatment program and employment restriction may also be imposed.

Therefore, during the investigation stage, you must absolutely not arbitrarily delete, manipulate, or attempt to destroy evidence on personal devices.

Also, please note that actively cooperating from the early stages of the case and showing an attitude of remorse can help reduce the sentence.