
Alleged fraud for using money borrowed for stock investments for personal use and not repaying it.
The client lent the defendant about 100 million won (check) in the name of stock investment around June 2012, but the defendant used it for personal use and lied to the client for about 10 years and did not repay a single penny. The client no longer wanted to be fooled by the defendant's lies and sought punishment from the defendant by filing a fraud complaint. ■ Case Issues The case occurred in June 2012, and given that the statute of limitations for fraud is 10 years, when the client came to us in May 2022, there was only one month left before the statute of limitations expired. We recognized that it was a difficult case for both us and the client, and we decided to settle for doing our best with the time we had left. Our lawyers quickly understood the case and requested the client to provide supporting evidence (cashbooks, copies of checks, etc.), and submitted the complaint and supplemental complaint to the investigative agency.