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A defendant shall be punished by imprisonment for one year.
150,750,000 won shall be additionally collected from the defendant.
The additional collection charge shall be equivalent to the above additional collection charge.
Reasons
Punishment of the crime
No person, other than an attorney-at-law, shall receive or promise to receive money, valuables, entertainment or other benefits, and deal with legal affairs comprehensively delegated, such as legal counseling services or preparation of legal documents, with respect to non-contentious cases.
1. On June 11, 2010, the Defendant received KRW 2.5 million from the client E at the D's office located in Seocho-gu Seoul Metropolitan Government, and accepted the case of personal rehabilitation, and then prepared a personal rehabilitation application, the list of creditors, the list of assets, the list of revenue and expenditure, the statement of revenue and expenditure, the repayment plan, etc., and submitted it to the court in the name of the attorney, etc. to deal with legal affairs, such as representation, legal counseling, preparation of legal documents, etc. As shown in attached Table 1, until November 3, 2010, the Defendant handled the cases including 13 personal rehabilitation, bankruptcy, and face books, and received KRW 21.7 million in total as fee.
2. On December 10, 2010, the Defendant received KRW 1.3 million from the client’s H at the G Judicial scrivener Office located in Seocho-gu Seoul, Seoul, and accepted the case of personal rehabilitation, and then, prepared an individual rehabilitation application, list of creditors, list of property, list of revenue and expenditure, statement of revenue and expenditure, draft plan for repayment plan, etc. and submitted it to the court. In addition, until January 5, 201, the Defendant handled the cases including nine personal rehabilitation, bankruptcy, face books, etc., and received KRW 14.8 million in total as commission fees.
3. On April 11, 201, the Defendant: (a) accepted the case of personal rehabilitation by the client K at the J-Law Office in Seocho-gu Seoul, Seoul; and (b) prepared a personal rehabilitation application, list of creditors, list of property, list of revenue and expenditure, statement of revenue and expenditure, repayment plan, etc.; and (c) submitted it to the court in the name of the attorney-at-law, etc., as an agent, legal counseling;