Our client, together with his accomplices, deceived a person and received home appliances from the victim company under the guise of free gifts. The client bought the appliances and sold them as second-hand goods, defrauding the victim of hundreds of millions of won. As a result, our client was charged with violation of the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Certain Economic Crimes(Fraud ) by the investigative agency. arrest warrantand sought our law firm.
Case issues
The investigating agency sought an arrest warrant for the client on the grounds that the crime was serious, the likelihood of future recidivism was high, and there was a possibility of evidence being destroyed, given the long period of time the client had committed the crime, the sophistication of the crime, and the actions taken by the suspect to avoid detection during the crime. The investigating agency suspected that the client had committed many other crimes in addition to this one, based on the client's account transaction history. In addition, the investigating agency requested a second warrant to further prove the conspiracy and organization among the accomplices to detain the client, and in particular, the client was identified as the ringleader of the organization.
Troubleshooting issues
First, the defense emphasized that it was difficult to find a conspiracy to commit the fraud in this case. The client vigorously argued that he did not defraud numerous people along with other co-conspirators in the fraudulent scheme, and that he was merely buying goods as a second-hand dealer. Ongang Law Firm's arguments convinced the investigating authorities to dismiss the dismissed the arrest warrantthe arrest warrant.
