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A defendant shall be punished by imprisonment for one year.
However, the execution of the above punishment shall be suspended for two years from the date this judgment becomes final and conclusive.
Reasons
Punishment of the crime
The defendant is a person working as an attorney-at-law office in Seoul Special Metropolitan City, Nowon-gu.
No attorney-at-law or his/her office staff shall provide or promise to provide money, valuables, entertainment or other benefits in return for introducing, arranging or inducing with respect to the acceptance of legal cases or legal affairs.
Nevertheless, the defendant, in collusion with F, who is an attorney-at-law of the defendant's office, received a case such as personal rehabilitation from the call center business operator mediating the applicant for personal rehabilitation and accepted the case, and thought that he will provide money and valuables in return for the case.
1. Around February 2012, the Defendant violated the Attorney-at-Law Act related to G and H received a proposal from G to “to invite and arrange individual rehabilitation applicants using a personal rehabilitation call center” from the above F attorney office located in Seoul Special Metropolitan City, Nowon-gu, the Defendant agreed to pay 650,000 won per case to G in return for introducing the applicant for individual rehabilitation after consenting to the proposal. From March 2012 to April 2013, the Defendant paid 183,014,000 won per case during the above period.
2. Around August 2012, the Defendant violated the Attorney-at-Law Act related to I and J received a proposal from the F attorney office located in Seoul Special Metropolitan City, Nowon-gu, from I to arrange the applicant for the individual rehabilitation by using the Personal Rehabilitation Call Center, and agreed to pay 40% of the fee in return for introducing the applicant for the individual rehabilitation after accepting the proposal, and paid 50,038,472 won in return for introducing the applicant for the individual rehabilitation from September 2012 to October 2013.
Accordingly, the defendant in collusion with F, and against the acceptance of legal cases or legal affairs during the above period.