Attorney Ko, Eun Young is a specialist in criminal cases, especially in responding to police investigations, with extensive investigation experience as a former police investigation team leader. She joined the police force through a special recruitment for lawyers and served for eight years in the frontline investigation departments, handling various intellectual, economic, cyber, sexual, and violent crimes.

Her notable casework includes: △ Investment fraud and related unregistered investment schemes, △ A multi-billion won fraud and embezzlement case involving Merge Plus, △ An industrial technology leakage case involving core massage device technology, △ Copyright and trademark violations involving the famous "Hanokjip" restaurant, △ Mass lease fraud cases, △ Voice phishing criminal organization and electronic financial transaction violations, △ Fraud and embezzlement related to cryptocurrency, △ Corruption in personnel hiring at the Seodaemun District Office in Seoul, △ Pharmaceutical company kickback cases, △ Invalidation of redevelopment association chairman election, △ Hundreds of billions of won in fraud and embezzlement of clan assets, △ Medical malpractice cases involving the death of a patient at a university hospital, △ Rape and drug-related cases.

While serving in the police force, Attorney Ko was recognized as the “Best Investigator” at the Seodaemun Police Station (in 2018), received the National Best Investigation Review Commissioner commendation from the Commissioner General of the Korean National Police Agency (in 2021), and was awarded commendations and incentive awards from the Commissioner of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency for outstanding investigations (in 2020, 2021, and 2023). Her team was also selected as the best investigative team in the field of intellectual crime (in 2022). Since the second half of 2023, she has been handling cases in the Criminal Group at our firm.

Economic and Intelligence Crime

- Investigation and arrest-related tasks on breach of the Act on the Regulation of Conducting Fund Raising Business Without Permission, such as investment fraud

- Examination of investigation carried out for the multi-billion won of fraud and embezzlement committed by company M

- Investigation and arrest-related tasks concerning jeonse fraud

- Investigation of a fraud and embezzlement of multi-billion won involving a family clan

- Investigation and arrest-related tasks concerning a voice phishing crime organization and breach of the Electronic Financial Transactions Act

- Investigation and arrest-related tasks concerning fraud and embezzlement with respect to cryptocurrency

- Investigation and arrest-related tasks concerning breach of the Medical Service Act in relation to a patient death at Y hospital

- Investigation and arrest-related tasks fraudulent recruitment by public district office S

- Investigation of a case on rebates involving pharmaceutical company J

- Investigation of a case on nullification of election carried out for election of the head of a redevelopment association of Area H

- Investigation of a case on forgery of documents, including issuance of false medical certificates

 

Women and Adolescent Crime

- Investigation and examination of various sex crime cases, including prostitution, molestation, (pseudo) rape, aggravated rape, public lewdness, breach of the Act on Special Cases concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes, etc.

- Investigation and examination of various crimes concerned with child abuse, domestic violence, school violence, breach of the Act on the Protection of Children and Youth against Sex Offense, etc.

 

Cyber Crime

- Investigation and examination of various cases on fraud, defamation, contempt, breach of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc.

 

Criminal Affairs and Violent Crime

- Investigation and examination of various criminal cases on drugs, theft, assault, injury, aggravated robbery, etc.

 

Award(s)

2023   Commendation of the Commissioner of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (For shortening a protracted case)

2021   Commendation of the Commissioner of the National Police Agency (For best investigation examination in Korea)

2021   Selected and recommended for special promotion by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency

2020   Commendation and recognition of the Commissioner of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (For excellent investigation)

2020   Recognition of the Commissioner of the Commissioner of the National Police Agency (For excellent investigation)

2019   Commendation of the Chief of Seoul Seodaemun Police Station (Merit for arrest investigation)

2018   Selected as the Best Investigator of Seoul Seodaemun Police Station

 

Others

2019 – 2021   Authored and graded the essay test problems for the National Police Agency promotion exam (Administrative law, Criminal Procedure Act)

2020 – 2021   Authored and graded the essay test problems for the National Police Agency recruitment exam (Criminal Procedure Act)

2020 – 2022   Served as interviewer for the National Police Agency recruitment exam (General recruitment / 101 group / special recruitment)

2021 – 2022   Served as advisory member for National Police Agency-related film/drama script (provided advice on a film/drama on police officers)