A lawyer named Chen Yixuan, who assisted in fraud, has emerged from a prestigious legal family in Kaohsiung, shocking the southern legal community. The first-instance verdict has made it even more surprising. (Background: Bank employees colluded with a fraud group to create dummy accounts, 'price for the first time exposed', is it as cheap as the involved lawyer?) (Additional background: Victims of the fraud were mocked by police saying 'how are you still alive', leading to a mother and daughter’s tragic collapse! Behind this is an old jewelry merchant laundering money through USDT.) Despite having favorable conditions, former Deputy Secretary-General of the Kaohsiung Bar Association Chen Yixuan was discovered by the prosecutor's office in August 2023, suspected of acting as a 'strategist' for a fraud group, guiding criminal methods and legal tactics. He conspired with a group of wealthy second-generation classmates to commit fraud and engage in illegal activities. In today's first-instance ruling, the judge considered that Chen Yixuan had no prior convictions and showed good behavior post-crime, sentencing him to 8 months in prison, with a 3-year probation. The prosecution indicated they would appeal. Wealthy second-generation individuals flaunting supercars and involved in fraud have led many citizens to question 'Can the law not deal with the wealthy second-generation?' Since Chen Yixuan and the mastermind of the fraud group were originally friends from high school, they typically spent money lavishly, drove luxury cars and supercars, and even held orgy parties at private venues to 'celebrate', where they allegedly engaged in drug use for entertainment, prompting the prosecution to heavily criticize their deviant values. The case exploded because Chen Yixuan obtained evidence such as the confessions of arrested drivers and criminal proceeds through accomplice investigations during a crackdown on fraud groups by the prosecution in 2023, reporting back to the fraud group to create breaks in their operations. It was later discovered that the fraud group was involved in blackmailing drivers, with wealthy second-generation individuals instructing their subordinates to coerce drivers into signing promissory notes and withholding identification, then using legal tactics to forcefully execute court orders to collect money. This led to the discovery that the main suspects in the fraud group—32-year-old Hong Shuofu, 30-year-old Chen Guanyu, and Chen Yikai—were all wealthy second-generation individuals. The 31-year-old Ma Jiayu's father was the chairman of the Hengchun Township representative assembly in Pingtung, while 30-year-old Chen Yixuan's father was a judge and chief judge at the Kaohsiung District Court, who transitioned to being a lawyer after retirement. His brother is also a lawyer, and the family established a law firm. Chen Yixuan obtained his lawyer's license right after graduating from university and started working in the firm, later also serving as the deputy secretary-general of the Kaohsiung Bar Association. The five of them graduated from the same aristocratic private high school and began to engage in illegal activities, resembling a 'wealthy second-generation gang exploiting others' that defrauded over 400 million New Taiwan dollars in just three months. Source: Provided by the Kaohsiung Criminal Police. The prosecution was dissatisfied with the first-instance result, having arrested 21 members of the fraud group and seizing 2 properties, 2.8 million in cash, 344 USDT, and over 2 million in securities, along with luxury cars like BMW, Mercedes, and McLaren. The first-instance ruling sentenced the main suspect Zhang Yaoyuan to 5 years and 2 months, Hong Shuofu to 5 years and 8 months, Chen Guanyu to 3 years and 2 months, and Ma Jiayu to 4 years in prison. Chen Yixuan, however, received a light sentence of 8 months for the crime of leaking secrets, with a 3-year probation due to having no prior convictions, acknowledging most of his wrongdoing, expressing remorse, and reaching a settlement with the victims, leading to a belief that he would not re-offend. The prosecution found the result hard to accept and stated they would definitely appeal.

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