All appeals are dismissed.

The grounds of appeal are examined.

1. Examining the reasoning of the lower judgment on Defendant B’s grounds of appeal in light of the evidence duly admitted by the lower court, the lower court, on the grounds stated in its reasoning, found the Defendant guilty of violating the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Crimes among the facts charged in the instant case, and upheld the first instance judgment that collected KRW 171 million from the Defendant, is justifiable. In so doing, contrary to what is alleged in the grounds of appeal, there were no errors by misapprehending the legal doctrine on the calculation of the amount of penalty in the crime of violation of logical and empirical rules, or by failing to exhaust all necessary deliberations.

2. Examining the reasoning of the lower judgment in light of the evidence duly admitted by the lower court as to Defendant E’s grounds of appeal, the lower court was justifiable to have found the Defendant guilty on the grounds indicated in its reasoning, and contrary to what is alleged in the grounds of appeal, there were no errors by exceeding the bounds of the principle of free evaluation of evidence and exceeding the bounds of the logical and empirical rules,

3. Therefore, all appeals are dismissed. It is so decided as per Disposition by the assent of all participating Justices on the bench.