A South Korean crypto criminal begged for a shorter sentence. The judge doubled it instead – DL News
- A South Korean man received a suspended sentence from the district court.
- The High Court handed him a four-year jail term instead.
- Defendant used crypto to launder $68,000 from victims of voice phishing.
A man’s bid to reduce his sentence for using crypto to launder $68,000 for a voice phishing gang has failed spectacularly — with an appeals court sending him to jail.
The unnamed man, aged in his 30s, was sentenced to four years of probation by a district court in 2024, the South Korean newspaper Kyeonggi Shinmun reported.
The same court also sentenced him to two and a half years in jail, but eventually suspended the sentence for four years.
A probationary period means he would need to check in with a probation officer on a regular…
