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South Korean given 5 years in oil-for-food case
22 Feb 2007 22:11:41 GMT
Source: Reuters
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NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge sentenced South Korean lobbyist Tongsun Park to five years in prison on Thursday for money-laundering and acting as an unregistered foreign agent for Iraq in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal.

Judge Denny Chin gave Park the maximum sentence allowed under federal guidelines, ordered three more years of supervised release when he gets out, fined him $15,000 and made him subject to further asset forfeitures.

"You blatantly disregarded the law," Chin told Park, noting that Park had received manila folders stuffed with $100 bills.


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