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Four scammers who bribed their way to $15 million in US Postal Service contracts have been sentenced to 99 months in prison in Texas. Zechariah Yi, a former USPS analyst, and Tai Ryoung Rho, another USPS employee, solicited $1.5 million in kickbacks from trucking company owners in exchange for sweet deals. Wan Jin Yoon and Hong Jin Yoon, the owners of the trucking companies, reaped the benefits of the bribery scheme.
The scheme went down in the Northern District of Texas, with Yi and Rho pleading guilty to bribery and wire fraud. The other two defendants, Wan Jin Yoon and Hong Jin Yoon, also copped to conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud.
U.S. District Judge Karen Gren Scholer handed down the sentences, ranging from 3 months to 42 months in prison. The defendants also had to fork over two vehicles and more than $300,000 in cash.
U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould said the defendants’ actions were a slap in the face to the integrity of the government contracting process. ‘These defendants resorted to bribery and corruption simply to line their own pockets,’ he said.
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📋 Key Facts
- Crime: White Collar Crime
- Defendant: Public Corruption
- Location: TX
- Source: DOJ Press Release
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