Uijeongbu Criminal Law Attorney | Client Charged With Fraud Appeals, and the Judgment Is Changed to Acquittal by the Appeal Attorney

In the client's case of the Uijeongbu attorney specializing in criminal law, the prosecutor appealed, arguing that a sentence of one year of imprisonment was too light in light of the nature of the offense.

Fearing that the sentence might be increased from one year of imprisonment to a heavier sentence, the client immediately sought out an appeal attorney and entrusted the appeal to the criminal law attorney of this firm.

In the client's case of the Uijeongbu attorney specializing in criminal law, the prosecutor appealed on the ground that the sentence was too light, but the client had truly had no such intent, and so a prison sentence was not only heavy, but the client also felt it was unjust to be punished even though he had no intent to deceive.

Therefore, upon retaining the appeal attorney, the firm prepared a 🔗statement of grounds for appeal and promptly appealed the court's judgment.

As both the defendant and the prosecutor filed appeals, an intense courtroom contest began once again.

According to the messenger exchanges between the client and the alleged victim, the alleged victim had personally engaged in stock investment and sought advice from the client, which indicated that the alleged victim's investments were also conducted mainly in stocks.

The important point is that any investment carries the possibility of a loss of principal.

The alleged victim should naturally have been aware of the possibility of a loss of principal.

In addition, there had been instances in which the client paid the alleged victim a high rate of interest.

The appeal attorney argued that the alleged victim had trusted the client's ability and expected high returns, and had not decided to invest on the basis of believing a statement that the principal would be guaranteed.

The client of the Uijeongbu attorney specializing in criminal law had never once used the investment funds for personal purposes.

The investment funds received from the alleged victim were actually used for stock investment.

The appeal attorney strongly argued that the client had no intent to deceive or to obtain property by deception.

The crime of fraud is established when a person deceives the alleged victim and thereby obtains property by deception or obtains a pecuniary advantage.

However, the client of the Uijeongbu attorney specializing in criminal law neither deceived the alleged victim nor obtained any pecuniary advantage whatsoever.

Nevertheless, the client sincerely reflects on and apologizes for the harm caused to the alleged victim and intends to do everything within his power to remedy the harm.

The client is repaying the alleged victim approximately 2 million won each month and is making his best efforts to remedy the harm.

The client of the Uijeongbu attorney specializing in criminal law is a first offender who had never been punished for any crime before this case.

In most criminal cases, the absence of a prior record of the same kind, or status as a first offender, is treated as a mitigating factor in sentencing.

The appeal attorney argued that the client, a first offender, was deeply reflecting on his conduct and that there was no likelihood of reoffending, and requested mitigation of the sentence for the crime of fraud.