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The defendant's appeal is dismissed.
Reasons
1. The sentence imposed by the court below (one year of imprisonment with prison labor for six months and one year of suspended execution) is too unreasonable.
2. The circumstances favorable to the defendant include: (a) the defendant has been recognized to commit a crime, and the defendant has no record of criminal punishment; and (b) the fact that a company currently operating as a foreign patient attraction company is registered as a foreign patient attraction company.
However, as the crime of this case was introduced, arranged, or induced a patient to a medical institution for profit, it is necessary to strictly punish the patient in order to prevent unreasonable excessive competition among the medical institutions, and the number of times the defendant introduced or mediated has reached 12 times in total, and the sum of the introduction fees received from a medical institution through this exceeds 15.8 million won, which is disadvantageous to the defendant, and there is no special change in circumstances in the trial.
In addition, considering various sentencing conditions shown in the records and pleadings, such as the defendant's career, character and conduct, the background of the crime, the period of the crime, and the circumstances after the crime, the sentence of the court below is too unreasonable.
3. In conclusion, the defendant's appeal is dismissed in accordance with Article 364 (4) of the Criminal Procedure Act since it is without merit. It is so decided as per Disposition.