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1. Defendant A shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for one year;
Defendant
A 79,000,000 won shall be additionally collected.
3.2
Reasons
Punishment of the crime
1. No person, other than an attorney-at-law, shall receive or promise to receive money, valuables, entertainment or other benefits, and shall handle legal affairs, such as representation for, legal counseling on, preparation of legal documents related to, and other relevant cases;
Around November 2009, the Defendant received 1,200,000 won from the client J in Seocho-gu, Seoul, and accepted the case of personal rehabilitation, and then dealt with legal affairs concerning non-contentious cases by preparing an individual rehabilitation application, list of creditors, list of property, list of revenue and expenditure, statement, and repayment plan in the name of the attorney-at-law belonging to the said law firm I, and submitting them to the court in the name of the above law firm I. From that time until July 2010, the Defendant handled 75 personal rehabilitation, bankruptcy, and book-keeping cases as shown in attached Table 1, and received a total of 90,000,000 won from September 20 to March 2012, 200, the Defendant handled the total amount of 83 personal rehabilitation, 000,000 won, and the case was accepted from the law firm K located in Seocho-gu, Seoul, as shown in attached Table 2.
Accordingly, the defendant, not a lawyer, received money and other valuables, and dealt with the legal affairs on the case of non-litigation such as personal rehabilitation.
2. No person, other than an attorney-at-law, shall receive or promise to receive money, valuables, entertainment or other benefits, and shall handle legal affairs, such as representation for, legal counseling on, preparation of legal documents related to, and other relevant cases;
Around January 201, the Defendant received KRW 1,400,000 from the clients M&A from the law firm L in Seocho-gu, Seoul, even if not an attorney-at-law, and accepted the personal rehabilitation case, and then prepares an individual rehabilitation application, list of creditors, list of property, list of revenue and expenditure, statement of revenue and expenditure, and repayment plan, etc., and submit it to the court under the name of the attorney-at-law