[Defendant A] The defendant shall be punished by imprisonment for eight months.

However, the above sentence shall be executed for two years from the date of the final judgment.

Punishment of the crime

1. The Defendants’ co-principal - The Defendants’ violation of the Act on the Punishment of Arrangement of Commercial Sex Acts, Etc. (the Act on the Punishment of Commercial Sex Acts, Etc.) are investors in the “I” commercial sex acts establishments located in Gangdong-gu Seoul Metropolitan Government Etel F, G, and H. Defendant B is the business owner of the above commercial sex acts establishments. Defendant C is a person who lends the name of the above commercial sex acts establishment to the head of the said establishment and the actual business owner at the time of crackdowning the investigation agency. Defendant D is a person who has worked as the head of

From May 28, 2019 to June 4, 2019, Defendants provided funds of approximately KRW 20,000,000,000, such as down payment in three rooms of the above commercial sex acts establishments, costs for advertising and purchasing fixtures for commercial sex acts, etc. Defendant B provided management of earnings and overall operation of the above establishments. Defendant C provided three units of the above commercial sex acts under the name of the operator of the above establishments, and Defendant C provided three units of the above establishment under the condition that he received KRW 3 million per month, and provided that the investigative agency conducted activities as its owner at the time of the above establishment. Defendant D provided services on the condition that he received KRW 3 million per month, and provided services, such as passenger reservation and guidance, management of female employees of commercial sex acts, etc., Defendant D received 101-4,000,000 won or more from male customers who visited commercial sex acts, such as Internet commercial sex acts site “J”, “K, etc., and had female employees engage in commercial sex acts.

Accordingly, the Defendants conspired to commit acts of arranging sexual traffic for business purposes.

2. Defendant B - If a foreigner violating the Immigration Control Act intends to find a job in the Republic of Korea, he/she shall obtain the status of sojourn eligible for employment activities, as prescribed by Presidential Decree, and no person shall employ any person who has no such status

Nevertheless, around June 4, 2019, the Defendant did not obtain the status of stay that allows the job-seeking in the Republic of Korea.