The client called victims posing as investigators from a voicemail call center set up by a Korean-American chief and had them forward their money to a collection agent. fraud fraud charges. The case involved the arrest and detention of the mastermind, who was in China, and then the subsequent arrest and detention of the members of the organization who worked with him. All of the members of the voice fraud ring were detained except for our client, who came to us in a desperate attempt to avoid imprisonment and pleaded with us to help him obtain a suspended sentence.
Case issues
The penalties for forwarders and withdrawers, which are the lower level of voice phishing cases, have also recently been increased, and unless a settlement is reached with the victims, they will be sentenced to imprisonment, and in the case of a gang member who lives in China with the leader and impersonates an investigator, imprisonment is a given, and it is not uncommon for the investigation to be conducted while in custody.
Therefore, the most important aspect of the case was to prevent the client from being detained during the investigation or trial, and to try to reach a settlement with the victims who were able to settle, so that the final sentence would be a suspended sentence.
Troubleshooting issues
The law enforcement agency requested an arrest warrant for the client, but the client showed sincere remorse for the incident and a plan to settle with the victim, so the arrest warrant was denied in the substantive review. the arrest warrant request was dismissedTherefore, our lawyers did their best to defend our client in the trial process so that he could avoid imprisonment as much as possible.
As part of that defense strategy, our attorneys personally contacted the most important victims and diligently assisted them in reaching settlements with our client that were less than the amount of damages they sustained.
In addition, the client told the court as much as he could about how he came to be a member of the gang, how he wanted to leave but was unable to, and how the proceeds he received were minimal compared to the amount of damage he caused, and as a result, the client was ultimately sentenced to probationand avoided jail time.
When the client first came to Ongang Law Firm, his face was very dark because he was worried that he would be sentenced to prison, but after hearing the final sentence, he was happy and smiling, and he is now back to his normal life and living his life faithfully.
