According to Digital Asset's analysis of 52 court rulings on illegal virtual asset forex trading cases between 2017 and June 2026, the total scale of the 50 cases with disclosed amounts reached approximately 31 trillion Korean won, with the largest single case involving about 1.1859 trillion Korean won. Among the 95 defendants, only 1 was acquitted, resulting in a conviction rate of 99%. Of those convicted, 48.9% received suspended sentences, 20.2% were sentenced to prison, with the maximum sentence being 4 years. These cases primarily involved illegal remittances between China-Korea and Vietnam-Korea, as well as arbitrage exploiting the Korean market premium (Kimchi Premium). https://(wublock123.com)/news/korea-illegal-crypto-forex-scheme-31-trillion-won-64915