[Gangnam Voice Phishing Attorney Success Case] Obtaining a Non-Prosecution Disposition in a Case Involving Voice Phishing Fraud

The client in this case, who came to the Gangnam voice phishing attorney, found work at a business learned of through a job-search website.

At first, the client thought it was only a part-time job, but the client was enticed by the promise of being hired as a full-time employee after a one-month probationary period.

This was because the client had debts of several tens of millions of won.

The task assigned to the client was to receive money from voice phishing victims and transfer it to the voice phishing operation's account.

Caught up in the hope of becoming a full-time employee, the client continued performing the role of a cash collector for the voice phishing operation for about two weeks, without even recognizing that the work amounted to participation in voice phishing.

In the end, the client was facing a prosecutorial investigation not as a full-time employee, but as a cash collector for the voice phishing operation.

Fearing that serious punishment might be imposed, the client came to Daeryun Law Firm to obtain the assistance of the Gangnam voice phishing attorney.

• Criminal Act Article 114 (Organization of a Criminal Organization, etc.)

A person who organizes a group or association for the purpose of committing an offense punishable by death, life imprisonment, or imprisonment for a maximum term of 4 years or more, or who joins such a group or association or acts as a member of it, is punishable by the punishment prescribed for the intended offense. However, the punishment may be mitigated.

• Criminal Act Article 347 (Fraud)

A person who deceives another and thereby receives the delivery of property or obtains a pecuniary benefit is punishable by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or a fine not exceeding 20 million won.

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

A person who obtains a pecuniary benefit, or causes a third party to obtain one, by inputting false information or improper commands into a computer or other data-processing device, or by inputting or altering information without authority so as to cause data processing, is punishable by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or a fine not exceeding 20 million won.

• Criminal Act Article 348 (Quasi-Fraud)

A person who, by taking advantage of a minor's lack of discernment or another person's mental disorder, receives the delivery of property or obtains a pecuniary benefit is punishable by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or a fine not exceeding 20 million won.

• Criminal Act Article 349 (Unjust Enrichment)

A person who, by taking advantage of another's distressed and desperate condition, obtains a markedly unjust benefit is punishable by imprisonment for not more than 3 years or a fine not exceeding 10 million won.

• Criminal Act Article 350 (Extortion)

A person who extorts another and thereby receives the delivery of property or obtains a pecuniary benefit is punishable by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or a fine not exceeding 20 million won.