A former Department of Defense employee has pleaded guilty to filing a false claim with the Department of Defense to fraudulently obtain $64,000 in housing allowance.
Patrick Y. Kim, 56, of Reno, Nev., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Howard D. McKibben in the District of Nevada in Reno to one count of making a false claim.
Kim faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison when he is sentenced on February 12, 2014. As part of his plea agreement, Kim has agreed to pay full restitution to the Department of Defense in the amount of $64,000.
The former chief of the Furniture Branch at the United States Army Garrison in Daegu, ROK, Kim admitted that he submitted a fraudulent lease to the housing office to obtain a living quarters allowance (LQA) that he was not entitled to receive.
Kim began working at Daegu Garrison in or about October 2002, and, as a Department of Defense civilian employee working in the ROK, he was entitled to receive certain housing allowances, including LQA under certain circumstances.
The case is being investigated by the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division and the FBI. The case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Richard B. Evans of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Sue P. Fahami of the District of Nevada.
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Key Facts
- State: Nevada
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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