The 5th Criminal Division of the Seoul High Court (Chief Judges Kang-Yeol Yoon, Jae-Young Park, and Sang-Cheol Kim) sentenced Kim Jae-Hyeon, who was charged with fraud under the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes, to 40 years in prison on the 18th, breaking the first sentence of 25 years in prison. A fine of 500 million won and a fine of 75.175 billion won remained the same.
Lee Dong-yeol, the second largest shareholder of Optimus, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and a fine of 500 million won, and director Yoon Seok-ho was sentenced to 15 years in prison and a fine of 300 million won. In the first trial, they were also sentenced to 8 years in prison, a fine of 300 million won for Lee, and a fine of 200 million won for Yoon, but the sentence was increased. The order to collect 5.175 billion won once morest Lee was maintained at the first trial.
In the process of fund fraud, Yoo Hyun-kwon, an advisor to Skin & Skin, was also indicted on charges of forging and exercising the trade receivable transfer contract and transfer confirmation certificate. was sentenced to Optimus executive director Song Sang-hee was sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of 100 million won in the first trial, but the appeal was increased to eight years in prison and a fine of 300 million won.
The court explained the reason for the decision, saying, “The trial court found that Kim Jae-hyeon and Lee Dong-yeol were guilty of some of the charges that were considered innocent in the first trial, and Yoon Seok-ho maintained the judgment of innocence, but the lower court judged that the sentence was too light.”
The court also said, “This case is a mega financial fraud in which the defendants have been operating private equity funds for more than three years and investing in public institution trade receivables by deceiving the victims and defrauding them of 1.3 trillion won.” He used this as an opportunity to commit the crime in a highly intelligent way.” Then, he explained the background of the sentencing, “In order to be isolated from society for a long period of time and live with a heart of repentance, and to prevent recidivism, we have no choice but to give a heavy sentence.”
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