Defendant

A A A shall be punished by a fine of 30 million won, and a fine of 10 million won.

The Defendants were punished by fine.

Criminal facts

Defendant

A obtained a master's degree and doctor's degree as D University mechanical engineering and professor in Seoul, and Defendant B as guidance professor, and overall support A's performance of research tasks.

Defendant

A, prior to the performance of the tasks of “F” and “G”, Defendant B instructed Defendant B to the effect that “the personnel expenses of research assistants registered as undergraduate students should be refunded because there are many items of budget processing, and the laboratory expenses should be created.” Defendant B, according to the direction of A, instructed that “the personnel expenses deposited into the account shall be withdrawn and refunded: Provided, That the transport expenses may be paid up to five to one million won, and the amount of the personnel expenses deposited into the account may be paid up to five to one million won, and where the case may be, the expenses may be paid up to a higher amount of money, or the amount may be able to help to pay the entrance fees at the time of entering the master’s degree course, etc.”, Defendant B conspired to receive and return the personnel expenses paid to the undergraduate students of a faculty to the account in cash.

[Enforcement Decree of the Regulations on the Management, etc. of National Research and Development Projects (Presidential Decree No. 12-5) provides that student personnel expenses paid to research assistants shall not be collected and jointly managed or used. The collection and joint management of student personnel expenses shall also be subject to unfair enforcement in light of the E-Research Expense Management Manual (Form 27). On the 1st day, Defendant A related to the “F” task, as a person in charge of research on the “F” task entrusted from D University Machinery Engineering and Faculty E to the victim D University Industry Cooperation Foundation (hereinafter “F”), was in charge of research tasks, including the execution and management of research expenses, and Defendant B provided overall support for the implementation of research tasks, including the recruitment and management of research assistants, the execution and management of research expenses, etc.

An industry-academic cooperation foundation for victim D University shall be E.