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1. The defendant shall be punished by a fine of thirty million won;
2. An order to pay an amount equivalent to the above fine shall be issued;
Reasons
Punishment of the crime
The Defendant is a juristic person established for the purpose of preventing water pollution. A business entity is not allowed to agree to engage in an act of unfairly restricting competition, such as deciding successful bidder, successful bidder, bid price, successful bid price, successful bid price or bid price, etc., or to allow other business entities to engage in such act in bidding or auction jointly with other business entities by contract, agreement, consultation, or any other method. However, the Defendant’s environmental business leader D, non-indicted E (hereinafter “E”)’s business leader F, and business leader H, etc. of the G Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “G”) on October 28, 2008 at the first floor coffee of the Seocho-gu Seoul Metropolitan Government IG building, Seocho-gu, where it is anticipated that it would definitely participate in only three companies including the Defendant and the E, etc. in bidding and construction of general industrial complex wastewater treatment facilities by means of design and construction package deal method, and the Defendant, in substance instead of substantially forming a successful bidder in G and E, shall submit the Defendant’s basic bid price to GM construction facilities, which is in substance form, to the Defendant’s bid.
Afterward, the Defendant, G, and E invested KRW 7,94,00,000 as agreed in advance by the Pyeongtaek-si Urban Corporation located in Pyeongtaek-dong on January 23, 2009. G and E invested KRW 7,989,00,000, and conducted unfair collaborative acts by substantially determining successful bidders and bid price.