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Two Employees of South Korean Conglomerate Charged With Defrauding U.S. Government in Army Base Con
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtn/pr/two-employees-south-korean-conglomerate-charged-defrauding-us-government-army-baseDepartment of Justice
U.S. Attorneys Office
Western District of Tennessee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Two Employees of South Korean Conglomerate Charged With Defrauding U.S. Government in Army Base Construction
Memphis, TN Two employees of SK Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. (SK), a large multinational corporation based in the Republic of Korea (South Korea), were charged today with participating in a scheme to defraud the United States by submitting fraudulent subcontracts to conceal bribes and kickbacks paid to an American public official, in relation to U.S. Army construction contracts in South Korea.
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Hyeong-won Lee, 58, and Dong-Guel Lee, 48, both citizens of South Korea and employees of SK Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. (SK), were charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and to commit wire fraud and obstruction of justice, and one count of major fraud against the United States. Hyeong-won Lee was also charged with two counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering conspiracy, and Dong-Guel Lee was charged with one count of witness tampering in relation to a wide-ranging bribery and fraud scheme from 2008 to 2017. The defendants are not related.
According to the indictment, the defendants, acting on behalf of SK, submitted fraudulent subcontracts to the U.S. Army as part of two construction contracts at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The indictment alleges that the defendants and their co-conspirators used these fraudulent subcontracts to launder millions of dollars in kickbacks for a U.S. public official who had steered two Camp Humphreys construction contracts to SK.
The indictment also alleges that the defendants obstructed investigations into the scheme. According to the indictment, Hyeong-won Lee ordered SK employees to destroy documents related to the fraudulent subcontract, and SK employees burned boxes of documents in order to prevent their use by investigators. The indictment also alleges that Dong-Guel Lee, acting on SKs behalf, impeded federal investigations by dissuading witnesses from testifying about their knowledge of the scheme.
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Two Employees of South Korean Conglomerate Charged With Defrauding U.S. Government in Army Base Con (Original Post)
nitpicker
Nov 2018
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nitpicker
(7,153 posts)1. This is on top of the steering of the overall MILCON contracts
https://www.law360.com/articles/968388/2-indicted-for-400m-defense-contract-bribery-plot
2 Indicted For $400M Defense-Contract Bribery Plot
By Daniel Wilson
Law360, Nashville (September 27, 2017, 2:41 PM EDT) -- A former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contracting officer and a former South Korean defense officer have been indicted for a scheme to steer more than $400 million in U.S. defense...
2 Indicted For $400M Defense-Contract Bribery Plot
By Daniel Wilson
Law360, Nashville (September 27, 2017, 2:41 PM EDT) -- A former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contracting officer and a former South Korean defense officer have been indicted for a scheme to steer more than $400 million in U.S. defense...