[Gwangju Dong-gu Criminal Attorney Successful Defense] Gwangju Dong-gu Criminal Attorney Successfully Defends a Voice Phishing Organization Client to a Suspended Sentence

The client in this case was urgently in need of money and was looking for a job.

In the meantime, the client received a tempting offer.

The offer was that, if he did work exchanging cash for chips while customers placed bets at a golf travel company, he could earn 150,000 to 200,000 won per day, and the client accepted it.

The client took part in the offense even while knowing that the cash he was collecting might be money from victims deceived by voice phishing fraud.

This offense caused harm to many victims, and it became difficult to avoid an actual custodial sentence.

Seeking the assistance of an experienced attorney, the client came to the Gwangju Dong-gu criminal attorney.

■ Criminal Act Article 114 (Organization of a Criminal Group)

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

■ Criminal Act Article 347 (Fraud)

A person who, by deceiving another, obtains the delivery of property or acquires a pecuniary benefit shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or by a fine not exceeding 20 million won.

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

A person who acquires a pecuniary benefit, or causes a third party to acquire such a benefit, by inputting false information or improper commands into a computer or other data-processing device, or by inputting or altering information without authority and thereby causing data to be processed, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or by a fine not exceeding 20 million won.

■ Criminal Act Article 348 (Quasi-fraud)

A person who, by taking advantage of the lack of discernment of a minor or the mental impairment of another, obtains the delivery of property or acquires a pecuniary benefit shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or by a fine not exceeding 20 million won.

■ Criminal Act Article 349 (Unjust Enrichment)

A person who acquires a markedly unjust benefit by taking advantage of another's needy and urgent circumstances shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 3 years or by a fine not exceeding 10 million won.

■ Criminal Act Article 350 (Extortion)

A person who, by extorting another, obtains the delivery of property or acquires a pecuniary benefit shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or by a fine not exceeding 20 million won.

▶ The Gwangju Dong-gu criminal defense attorney emphasized that the client had taken in money from the customers connected to this case in order to earn living expenses, and that the client had in fact earned only about 2.5 million to 3 million won from this matter.

▶ The Gwangju Dong-gu criminal defense attorney emphasized that the client had reached an amicable settlement with the victims in this case, and that the victims had expressed the wish that the client not be punished.

▶ The Gwangju Dong-gu criminal defense attorney emphasized that the client was reflecting on the wrongdoing, and that the client's mother was earnestly pleading for leniency for the client.

If you, like the client in the case above, have become involved in a voice phishing offense and are finding it difficult to identify a way forward, you may reach out to the Gwangju Dong-gu criminal defense attorney at any time.

Drawing on extensive case experience and a record of resolved matters, the attorney can provide active assistance.