Represented a victim of a loan shark's low-interest loan and security deposit extortion scheme.

The client sought to obtain a low-interest loan through a loan broker. The loan broker approached the client, claiming that he had a "good loan product with good conditions" and that he could "refinance the loan," and falsely claimed that a deposit and various fees were required to proceed with the loan. The client trusted the loan broker and sent the requested amount, but the perpetrator continued to demand additional fees, resulting in tens of millions of won in damages. The client later realized that there were many other victims who had been victimized by similar schemes, and sought our help to recover damages. ■ Case Issues The main issue in this case was whether the perpetrator's crime was a simple fraud or a crime of fraud under the Special Fraud Act. In particular, it was important to establish whether the crime of comprehensive fraud was established because the perpetrator used the same method to commit the crime against multiple victims. It was also important to prove that the return of money to some victims was a means of deception. In calculating the amount of damages, it was also important to show that each victim