Voice Phishing Police Investigation Assistance Case | Non-Prosecution for a Client Suspected of Voice Phishing

The client, a homemaker, posted a resume on a job-search website in order to find part-time work.

The client was then contacted by Company A and took on administrative duties, and before long the role was changed to customer support, which the client began to perform.

The client, who carried out the work without any suspicion, met customers directly to receive and deliver items, but it later came to light that the work had in effect been the role of a voice phishing courier.

The client was then contacted by the police to undergo a police investigation concerning voice phishing. Recognizing the importance of an early response when implicated in a serious criminal case, the client urgently requested assistance from an attorney.

First, in order to prove that the client did not know that the work involved acting as a voice phishing courier, the attorney collected the KakaoTalk conversations with the Company A employee and the records of work instructions as evidence.

The attorney then carefully analyzed the obtained conversations and materials and confirmed that there was no indication that the client had been aware of or involved in the organization's criminal structure or the flow of funds beyond the delivery work.

Accordingly, the attorney emphasized that there was no material from which it could be concluded that the client in this case had discussed the telecommunications-based financial fraud offense with members of the voice phishing organization.

Second, in order to establish that the client was also a victim of voice phishing, the attorney reviewed the account records and salary records.

The attorney confirmed that if the client had conspired in the voice phishing offense, the client would have received a large sum, whereas the amount the client actually received was an extremely small daily wage of no more than 100,000 won.

Through this, the attorney emphasized that the client had performed the work in the nature of mere part-time employment rather than having conspired in the offense.

Lastly, the attorney emphasized that the client had actively confirmed matters by asking questions about points of doubt as they arose during the course of the work.

Accordingly, the attorney emphasized that, although the client had performed the first task as instructed, the client gave notice of an intention to stop the work immediately once suspicions arose.

Through this, the attorney established that the client had not voluntarily participated in the offense.

The charge against the client, who requested assistance ahead of a police investigation concerning voice phishing, was a violation of the Special Act on Telecommunications-based Financial Fraud.

A violation of the Special Act on Telecommunications-based Financial Fraud is referred to in short as telecommunications-based financial fraud.

The types of telecommunications-based financial fraud broadly include voice phishing, smishing, phishing sites, messenger phishing, and pharming.

A person who, like the client, becomes implicated in a case through involvement with a telecommunications-based financial fraud organization may be subject to the following punishment.

As in the case of the client above, if you are facing a police investigation concerning voice phishing, an actual custodial sentence is often imposed even in cases of mere participation, so it is advisable to seek an attorney's assistance promptly.

Daeryun Law Firm includes a number of attorneys registered as certified criminal law specialists with the Korean Bar Association, and from the early stages of a voice phishing police investigation, it carefully analyzes the circumstances of the client's work and whether the client was aware of the offense, and provides systematic assistance, including securing evidence and preparing statements.

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