In June 2012, the client lent the defendant about 100 million won (check) for stock investment, but the defendant used it for personal use and lied to the client for about 10 years, never repaying a single penny. The client was no longer fooled by the defendant's lies and filed a fraud complaintto seek punishment from the defendant.
Case issues
Given that the statute of limitations for fraud is 10 years, the case occurred in June 2012, and when the client came to us in May 2022, there was only a little over a month left before the statute of limitations expired. We realized that this was a difficult case for both us and the client, and we decided to settle for doing the best we could with the time we had left.
Troubleshooting issues
Ongang Law Firm's lawyers quickly understood the case and requested supporting evidence (cashbooks, copies of checks, etc.) from our client and submitted the complaint and supplemental complaint to the investigative agency. On the cover of the complaint, we emphasized that the statute of limitations expires in June 2022 and requested an immediate investigation. At the same time, we called the investigator in charge several times and urgently asked him to follow up on the 100 million won check.
We were able to conduct a victim investigation, suspect investigation, and interrogation for 1-2 weeks, and as a result of our efforts, we were able to obtain a remand decision, and at the prosecution stage, just one day before the statute of limitations . arraignmentjust one day before the statute of limitations.
The case is currently pending in the Seoul Eastern District Court, and our defense team is working hard to secure a conviction.
