Court Sentences 'Baksa Bang' Jo Joo-bin to Additional 5 Years in Prison... Total 45 Years

Operator of 'Baksa Room,' Jo Joo-bin, who threatened dozens of women including minors on the internet messenger Telegram, forced them to film obscene materials, and distributed them / Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporters Seongpil Cho, Daehyun Kim] Jo Joo-bin, who was sentenced to 40 years in prison in the first trial for distributing sexual exploitation materials on the Telegram 'Baksa Room,' has been additionally sentenced to 5 years in prison on related charges.

The Seoul Central District Court Criminal Division 30 (Chief Judge Hyunwoo Lee) sentenced Jo to 5 years in prison on the morning of the 4th for additional charges including quasi-rape and concealment of criminal proceeds. The court also ordered a 5-year employment restriction at child and youth-related institutions and welfare facilities for the disabled, as well as the attachment of an electronic location tracking device (electronic anklet) for 5 years. The court stated, "There are many victims and various types of crimes, and the nature of the crimes is quite severe," adding, "Considering the defendant's arguments in this case, there is still doubt whether he is sincerely remorseful for his crimes."

The court sentenced Jo’s accomplice Kang Mo, who was additionally indicted, to 2 months in prison. It was taken into account that the profits gained from the concealed criminal proceeds were not significant and that Kang had already been sentenced to prison in the first trial for producing and distributing sexual exploitation materials and organizing a criminal group, and is currently undergoing an appeal trial.

Jo was additionally indicted last October on charges of hiding approximately 108 million KRW in profits through 53 transactions by receiving criminal proceeds from the Baksa Room in cryptocurrency and converting them. Kang is accused of exchanging about 3.5 million KRW of this amount and delivering it to Jo Joo-bin. Jo is also charged with distributing sexual exploitation materials of 7 children and adolescents and 15 adults in the 'Hardcore Room' in November 2019, and sexual exploitation materials of 3 adults in the 'Baksa Promotion Room' in March last year.

Previously, Jo was indicted along with accomplices for the main charges of producing and distributing sexual exploitation materials in the Baksa Room, and was sentenced to 40 years in prison in the first trial in November last year, with an appeal trial pending. Kang was sentenced to 13 years in prison at that time. If the sentence is finalized on this day, their prison terms will increase to 45 years and 13 years and 2 months, respectively. However, if the appeal trial merges this case with the existing one, the sentencing will be reviewed again, and the final sentence may be adjusted.

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