A gang of 4 empty house robbers who stole 670 million won in broad daylight from a residential area in Gangnam, Seoul, were handed over to trial and sentenced to prison.



According to the legal community today (2nd), the Seoul Central District Court's Criminal Case Division 4-3 (then chief judge Cha Eun-kyung, Kim Yang-seop, and Jeon Yeon-suk) sentenced the main culprit, Kwon (30), to 3 prison sentences as in the first trial sentenced to a year.



Park (28), who specifically instructed and executed the crime and was also charged with theft, was sentenced to three years and six months in prison for both the first and second counts.



The gang were charged with breaking into a house in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul around 2:30 pm on March 2, last year and stealing cash and checks worth 670 million won.



Kwon, knowing that the victim he knew was keeping a large amount of cash at home for investment, conspired with Park to steal money.



On the day of the crime, Park heard information such as the time the victim was away from home and the password to the door from Mr.



The two people who stole the money were caught with a QR code left at a nearby cafe as a clue.



After the crime, Park fled to Busan and Daejeon and was arrested.



When the crime was discovered, Kwon offered the victim 'I'm suspicious of Mr. Park' and 'I'll look at the agreement' and returned 260 million won.



The victim, who believed Kwon was innocent, invested the money back in Kwon's real estate business.



The first trial court sentenced all four people to prison terms, saying "the quality of the crime is very bad."



However, taking into account that the two people who directly committed the crime only followed Park's instructions and the profits from the crime were not large, they were sentenced to 1 year in prison and 1 year and 6 months in prison, respectively.



Kwon appealed, saying, "He never took part in the crime."



He pleaded not guilty on appeal, but was denied.



The court of appeals judged that a conspiracy relationship was established on the grounds that Kwon tried to instruct the rest of the party in the direction of the statement at the police station detention center and that he frequently communicated with Park during the escape process.



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