In a recent case, the Defendants were charged with obtaining 1.93 billion won worth of unfair profits, deducting KRW 20 billion from the above KRW 20 billion issue price by falsely stating or indicating important matters about the issuance of bonds wi...
In a recent case, the Defendants were charged with obtaining 1.93 billion won worth of unfair profits, deducting KRW 20 billion from the above KRW 20 billion issue price by falsely stating or indicating important matters about the issuance of bonds with warrants or using fraudulent means, plans, or techniques: Violation of Financial Investment Services And Capital Markets Act.
In this Case, the judgment of causality is not as complicated as ordinary unfair gains from unfair trade because the Defendants made false statement or representation and could not have sold new acquisition bonds without false statement or representation.
Illegal gains from unfair trading (insider trading, market manipulation, and general fraudulant scheme transactions) under the FSCMA(Capital Market Act) in criminal cases are important factors in criminal elements of crime and penalty.
The method of calculating ‘the value of the goods or profits on property’ under Article 3 of the Act On The Aggravated Punishment Of Specific Economic Crimes and the Supreme Court's interpretation of this article can be referred to when setting the criteria for calculating profits and losses under the FSCMA. According to the Supreme Court, the amount of gains under this Act should be strictly calculated as ‘a kind of elements of crime’. This explanation corresponds to the Supreme Court's existing ruling that emphasizes ‘the balance between crime and punishment, Schuldprinzip and Causality’ in the interpretation of Article 443 of the FSCMA.