The client was accused of defrauding victims of approximately 26 million won ($26,000) in gift certificates by randomly capturing photos of mobile gift certificates posted by victims at Carrot Market and redeeming them. arrest warrant was requestedwas filed.
Case issues
The investigating agency requested an arrest warrant for the client on the grounds that the crime was serious, there was a high probability of future recidivism, and there was a possibility of destruction of evidence, given the long period of time the client had committed the crime, the sophistication of the crime, and the actions taken by the client to avoid detection during the crime. The investigating agency suspected that there were many other crimes in addition to the present crime based on the client's account transactions.
Troubleshooting issues
Since important evidence had already been secured during the investigation, such as the seizure of the residence and the seizure of all the gift certificates, it was deemed difficult to deny the crime and contest the charges, so the defense team of Law Firm Ongang decided to confess to the crime and admit to the additional crimes suspected by the investigating agency. After a thorough interview with the client, we learned that the client's motive for the crime was not to obtain economic benefits, but to commit the crime for a long time due to mental illness.
In response, our lawyers checked all of our client's accounts and accounted for all of the transactions suspected by the law enforcement agencies, collected and submitted enough relevant documents to show our client's mental illness, and convinced the judge that his family's care would prevent him from reoffending.
Based on the defense's arguments, the court found that there was no need to take the client into custody, and denied the denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpusand the client is now free to pursue his investigation and trial.
