Damages claim against a voice phishing cash collector
Someone rang the client posing as a prosecutor and said their bank account was being used by criminals, so all the money had to be withdrawn and handed to a financial regulator. The client emptied the account and gave the whole amount to a person waiting at an agreed spot who posed as that official but was in fact the fraud ring's cash collector. The client then had to sue that collector to get any of the money back.
Voice phishing victimFake prosecutor callCash collectorDamages claim
Win (승소)Civil
Lawyer Joo Youngjae of Saeyeoul Law Firm represented the plaintiff in a damages claim (claim) lawsuit and obtained a judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
Case overview
The defendant was a cash collector for a voice phishing organization. An unidentified member of the organization called the plaintiff, impersonating a prosecutor, and deceived the plaintiff, saying that the plaintiff's bank account was being used as a borrowed-name account, and instructed the plaintiff to withdraw all the money in the account and deliver it to an employee of the Financial Supervisory Service. The plaintiff, falling for the deception, withdrew all the money in the account, and at a designated location, the defendant, impersonating a financial supervisory official, further deceived the plaintiff and received all the withdrawn money, thereby defrauding the plaintiff.
Case result
In a case involving fraud against the plaintiff, the defendant was sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment, and that judgment was finalized. Recognizing the documentary evidence submitted by the plaintiff and the overall purport of the pleadings, the court accepted the plaintiff's claim and rendered a judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
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