A defendant shall be punished by imprisonment for six months.

However, the execution of the above punishment shall be suspended for two years from the date this judgment becomes final and conclusive.

Punishment of the crime

No one shall be knowingly provided with personal information for profit or for any other wrongful purpose, knowing the divulged situation.

The Defendant intended to purchase a computer file containing personal information of persons who have joined the Internet gambling site from the seller of personal information to display a person subject to the so-called "traffic flow" crime by deceiving money, as if he/she had known the result of the game in advance at the Internet bridge game gambling.

1. Around 00:45 on February 13, 2017, the Defendant sent KRW 100,000 to D who sells other person’s personal information disclosed at CPC room located in Jeju-si B, and then sent an X-cell file (hereinafter “No. 3,633ea.xls”) in which personal information was stored, including a summary of KRW 1,00,000 that was admitted as members of the Internet gambling site, telephone numbers, and text messages.

As a result, the Defendant knowingly received personal information for profit or for an illegal purpose.

2. On March 6, 2017, the Defendant sent KRW 100,000 to E who sells other person’s personal information divulged from the Defendant, and received an X-cell file (hereinafter “2017-03-04 xls”) in which personal information, such as a name and telephone number, was stored, from around 20,00 won (hereinafter “2017-03-04 xls”).

As a result, the Defendant knowingly received personal information for profit or for an illegal purpose.

3. On March 16, 2017, the Defendant sent KRW 100,000 to E from the foregoing room to the Internet gambling site, and received approximately KRW 12,000,00 from them as members of the Internet gambling site, including the name, telephone number, etc., X-cell file in which personal information was stored (hereinafter “Land Sea 1200 case No. 1200 case No. 1200”).

Accordingly, the defendant knows that personal information has been divulged, for profit or illegal purpose.