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  1 Yr Prison / KRW 50M Settlement

  Victim Representation — Subway Illegal Filming and Possession of Child Sexual Exploitation Material; 'One Year in Prison'

  This was a serious case combining illegal filming on public transportation with digital sex crimes. The defendant secretly filmed numerous unidentified women on the subway and, separately, stored hundreds of sexually humiliating photographs on his personal computer and in cloud storage. Among them were numerous items of sexual exploitation material depicting the bodies of children and juveniles, some of which were unmistakably recognizable as children. Although the defendant's admission and remorse were given some weight, the repeated filming without the victims' consent, the massive volume of stored files, and the presence of child sexual exploitation material were the decisive grounds for the prison sentence.

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  1 Yr 6 Mo Prison / KRW 40M Settlement

  Victim Representation — Deepfake Distribution Case; Prison Sentence for 'Obscene Acts via Telecommunications and Defamation'

  The defendant superimposed the victims' faces onto nude photographs, or posted them alongside obscene captions, hashtags, and their real names, and distributed them on social media dozens of times. This conduct, a so-called 'deepfake sex crime,' caused the victims severe shame, humiliation, and anxiety, leaving them unable to carry on even ordinary social lives. Notably, some of the defendant's targets included the faces of actual acquaintances and former classmates, and the severity, repetition, and deliberateness of the posted content were plainly evident. The court found that the defendant's conduct constituted Obscene Acts via Telecommunications and defamation, and gave serious weight to the fact that he had previously served a prison sentence for a sex offense yet committed the same type of offense during the repeat-offender period. As a result, the defendant was sentenced to one year and six months in prison, ordered to complete 40 hours of a sexual violence treatment program, barred from relevant employment for three years, and the mobile phone used in the offenses was confiscated.

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  6 Mo Prison / KRW 30M Settlement

  Victim Representation — Indecent Assault and Attempt After a Drinking Gathering, Resulting in a 'Prison Sentence'

  This case involved indecent assault by force and attempted indecent assault that took place in a residence in the early morning hours after a drinking gathering. The defendant began touching the victim's body while she was asleep and did not stop after she awoke. Even after the victim made her refusal unmistakably clear, he attempted contact again, in a repeated pattern of offending. The court found that the defendant's conduct constituted quasi-indecent assault, indecent assault by force, and attempted indecent assault, and sentenced him to six months in prison, ordered him to complete a sexual violence treatment program, and barred him from employment at institutions serving children, juveniles, and persons with disabilities for three years. A major sentencing factor was that the defendant had previously served a prison sentence for a similar offense and repeated the same conduct during the repeat-offender period. His remorse was also unclear, and the court clearly recognized the substantial psychological harm to the victim. The settlement reached with the victim during the trial, however, was given some weight in mitigation.

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  8 Mo Prison

  Victim Representation — Repeated Molestation During Military Service; Prison Sentence for 'Indecent Assault by Force'

  This case involved repeated sexual molestation that took place in confined spaces during military service. The victims were subjected to physical contact by the defendant multiple times in enclosed spaces such as the shared barracks and the cyber information room, and although they made their refusal clear, the defendant did not stop. After enduring the suffering in silence for a long time, the victims finally found the courage to come forward, while the defendant denied the charges throughout the investigation and trial without any genuine remorse or effort to make amends.

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  2 Yr 6 Mo Prison / KRW 70M Settlement

  Victim Representation — Nighttime Trespass and Attempted Rape Case Concluded with a 'Prison Sentence'

  This case involved a late-night residential trespass and attempted rape that left the victim with severe terror and psychological trauma. The defendant climbed a drainpipe at night to break into a residential building; in one home he stole a gold necklace, and in another he threatened the victim and attempted to rape her. The victim experienced extreme fear during the attack and continued to suffer insomnia and anxiety afterward. Because the scene of the crime was the space of her daily life, the psychological impact was all the greater.

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  1 Yr Prison / KRW 25M Settlement

  Victim Representation — Man Who Repeatedly Delivered Obscene Letters to a Woman, Sentenced to Prison for 'Obscene Acts via Telecommunications'

  This case began when a woman living an ordinary daily life started receiving repeated obscene messages. Without any relationship to the victim whatsoever, the defendant persistently delivered letters containing deliberate and distorted sexual content to her residence. The language was explicit and the repetition unmistakable, leaving the victim with no choice but to endure severe shame and psychological distress. Judging that she could no longer bear it alone, the victim sought legal assistance; the matter was treated as Obscene Acts via Telecommunications under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes, and criminal proceedings were initiated.

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  3 Yr 6 Mo Prison / KRW 40M Settlement

  Victim Representation — Runaway Teen Lured into Sex Crimes; Prison Sentence for 'Statutory Rape'

  The victim, a middle-school student who had run away from home, posted on social media (Twitter) looking for 'someone to let me stay over,' and the defendant approached her after seeing the post. Under the pretext of providing food and lodging, he got the victim into his car, took her to his home, and repeatedly subjected her to sexual remarks, molestation, and intercourse. The defendant exploited the victim's immature judgment and desperate circumstances to make sexual advances, and pressured her psychologically with explicit remarks such as 'Don't you like sexual stuff?' and 'Have you ever masturbated?' To conceal the offenses, he made the victim turn off her phone and use a spare handset of his own, and repeatedly changed locations to evade GPS tracking, circumstances that showed advance planning. The court found that the defendant's conduct was not a consensual relationship but a grave sex crime in which he lured a minor through calculated and despicable means and kept her for an extended period. As a result, the defendant was sentenced to three years and six months in prison, ordered to complete a sexual violence treatment program, and barred for five years from employment at institutions serving children and juveniles and at welfare facilities for persons with disabilities.

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  1 Yr 6 Mo Prison / KRW 30M Settlement

  Victim Representation — Hidden-camera Offender Caught in a Dressing Room Who Denied 'Ever Filming,' Ultimately Sentenced to Prison

  Claiming he would handle the sound at a performance venue, the defendant installed a remotely operated hidden camera in the female performers' changing area and repeatedly filmed their bodies without consent. It was also confirmed that he trespassed to carry out the filming. The defendant initially denied the charges, but ultimately admitted the offenses in the face of a camera screen displaying the words 'remote recording in progress,' the video files, and his own DNA detected on the equipment's components.

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  3 Yr Prison / KRW 50M Settlement

  Victim Representation — Adult Man Who Claimed to Be 'Dating' a Middle-schooler

  The victim in this case was still a middle-school student. The perpetrator lured the 14-year-old victim into a private room at a 'room cafe' and, despite her resistance, put his hand inside her underwear and molested her. The defendant claimed he had been dating the victim, but that is no defense to the crime. Because the victim was a minor aged 14, the conduct is treated under the Criminal Act as 'statutory rape of a minor' regardless of consent. In this case in particular, the conduct was judged all the more serious because it was not a one-off but repeated and habitual.

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  KRW 7M Fine

  Father Indicted for Child Abuse

  In this case, the defendant, angry that his 10-year-old son had lied to the boy's mother, threw a glass containing alcohol; a fragment ricocheted off the wall and injured the child's head, and the defendant was indicted for physical abuse under the Child Welfare Act. The defendant had twice previously received protective dispositions for child abuse, and the fact that he reoffended while serving a suspended sentence for an unrelated offense weighed against him at sentencing. That said, the defendant admitted the offense and showed deep remorse, and the child and the entire family petitioned for leniency. The child continued to live with his father, and the defendant, as the breadwinner supporting his minor children, was making genuine efforts toward the family's recovery.

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  Fine

  Drunken Assault Case in Which the 'Aggravated Bodily Injury' Charge Was Found Not Guilty

  This case arose from a drunken act of violence in front of a township office in the Chungnam region, followed by damage to a vehicle near the victim's residence, for which the defendant was indicted for bodily injury and aggravated destruction of property. The Prosecution alleged that the defendant had pushed the victim to the ground with his hands, causing injury, and then damaged the victim's car with a pitchfork near the victim's home. Because a dangerous object was allegedly used to damage the property, the aggravated form of the offense was charged, and the victim further alleged being struck on the head with a frying pan, giving rise to an additional charge of aggravated bodily injury.

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  Acquittal

  Cooperative Chairman Indicted for False Accusation over an 'Allegedly Fabricated Complaint'

  In this false-accusation case, the defendant, chairman of a regional cooperative and the final decision-maker on its lending, was indicted for allegedly filing a false criminal complaint in connection with certain apartment sale contracts. His complaint alleged that the developer's representative and its actual operators had drawn up sham sale contracts for apartments that had never actually been sold and defrauded the cooperative of roughly KRW 8.2 billion in interim-payment loans. The Prosecution, however, took the view that the defendant had engaged in numerous similar transactions with the developer over the years and knew the contracts were sham, yet deliberately disregarded this and filed a fraud complaint in order to have the other party criminally punished, and indicted him for false accusation. The defendant maintained that his intent was not to make a false accusation but reflected good-faith trust and judgment; still, a false-accusation charge is a grave matter that can inflict devastating reputational damage from the moment of indictment.

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