The client lent the defendant, whom he met at a club, more than $10 million and never received a penny back. The client sued the defendant for fraud. ■ Case Issues The client filed the complaint on her own without legal assistance, but the defendant's father was delaying the payment of child support, saying that he would pay in installments, which put the client under extreme stress. Our lawyers made it clear that it was impossible to pay in installments as claimed by the defendant, and pressed for quick compensation. In less than a week, the client received 15 million won back, and the case was dropped through a settlement.

The client stole luxury clothes, bags, and other items worth more than tens of millions of won from the defendant, who worked as a domestic helper in her home for many years. The client sued the domestic helper for theft. ■ Case Issues 1) During the prosecution, the defendant admitted only to the theft of luxury clothing and other items for which there was objective evidence such as CCTV footage, and 2) The defendant denied that there was no objective evidence regarding expensive luxury bags such as Chanel, Prada, Hermes, Gucci, etc. 3) Our firm appeared at the evidentiary hearing to provide specific opinions and to file a severe plea against the defendant. The defense team of Ongang Law Firm attended the evidence examination date and expressed their opinions by specifically identifying items of similar size and material in the CCTV footage of the defendant's residence, etc.

The suspect told the client, "A civic organization and a hospital will move into the building owned by a corporation of which he is the CEO, and when they move in, he will immediately pay the debt with a deposit of KRW 2 billion." The suspect registered the client as the secondary beneficiary in the building's trust ledger and borrowed a total of KRW 1.7 billion from the client. The suspect then told the client that he would repay the loan if the client removed his status as the secondary beneficiary in order to obtain a new loan, and if he did not repay the loan, he would list him as the secondary beneficiary. However, when the client investigated, it turned out that A civic organization had no plans to move into the building, and the hospital was only in the process of inquiring. In addition, the suspect only repaid a partial amount of KRW 700 million and did not list the client as the secondary beneficiary. The client filed a lawsuit against the suspect for violation of the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Specified Economic Crimes (fraud), but the case was dismissed due to lack of suspicion, and the client filed an appeal.

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.