United States v. Deck Won Kang (D. N.J. 2020)

• Case Name
• United States v. Deck Won Kang (D. N.J. 2020)

• Date Filed
• 12/17/2020

• Enforcement Agency
• DOJ

• Foreign Official
• Unnamed foreign official in South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration.

• Date of Conduct
• 2012 to 2013

• Nature of Business
• Deck Won Kang is a United States citizen maintaining a primary residence in New Jersey and he controlled two New Jersey-based defense companies.

• Influence to be Obtained
• According to the Information filed by the DOJ, between 2012 and 2013, Kang paid bribes to a foreign official in South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Admininstration (“DAPA”) responsible for DAPA’s procurement decisions in order to obtain contracts with the government for the sale of defense supplies. Kang allegedly wired $100,000 to the foreign official to obtain such contracts for his companies.

• Enforcement
• On December 17, 2020, Kang pleaded guilty to one count of violating the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA. He was ordered to forfeit $1.5 million and sentenced on May 19, 2021 to three years of probation.

• Amount of the Value
• $100,000.

• Amount of Business Related to Payment
• Not stated.

• Intermediary
• None. 

• Citizenship of Parent Entity
• United States

• Total Sanction
• $ 1,500,000

• Compliance Monitor
• No

• Reporting Requirements
• No

• Case is Pending?
• No

• Total Combined Monetary Sanction
• $ 1,500,000

Deck Won Kang

• Citation
• United States v. Won Kang (D. N.J. 2020). 

• Date Filed
• 12/17/2020

• Filed Under Seal
• No

• FCPA Statutory Provision
• • Anti-Bribery

• Other Statutory Provision
• None.

• Disposition
• Plea Agreement, Plea Agreement

• Defendant Jurisdictional Basis
• Domestic Concern, Agent of Domestic Concern

• Defendant's Citizenship
• United States

• Individual Sanction
• $1.5 million in Forfeiture; 3 Years of Probation.