A South Korean crypto criminal begged for a shorter sentence. The judge DOUBLED it instead.
The man aged in his 30s, was sentenced to four years of probation by a district court in 2024.
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 basis. Under suspension, if he were to commit another crime during that time, he would be sent to prison.
Unhappy with this verdict, the man appealed to the Suwon High Court in the hope of reducing his sentence. That backfired completely.
Instead of cutting his sentence, the court reversed the suspension order and jailed the man for four years.
The man in question used Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to launder $68,000 from victims of voice phishing.
