[Shizka]

> "[...]from next week will offer rewards of as much as 1 million won ($905) to people who provide information on Uber’s services. "

> "The maximum penalty for Uber’s alleged legal violation is a two-year prison sentence or a fine of as much as 20 million won[...]"

Can anyone clarify this for me?

I read it as two years in prison or pay a 20.000$ fine. The difference between two years in prison and 20.000$ seems very large to me. It seems slightly illogical to me if this is the case.

[ceejayoz]

There are lots of crimes in the US punishable by a year in prison or a fine of up to $1k. I suspect the fines are leftover from when $1k was significantly more money.

[Sharlin]

Presumably it's just about degrees of severity. If the case is decreed minor enough, the punishment is a fine up to $20.000; if it's more severe, the penalty is a prison sentence of some months up to 24 months in the most severe case.

[valarauca1]

Like US law you can be fined for a crime OR serve time (proper Boolean or: one, the other, both). The fine/prison limits are maximum, and decided on sentencing.