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This is a Korean name; the family name is Pak. A Korean name consists of a Family name followed by a Given name, as used by the Korean people in both North Korea and South Korea

Tongsun Park (born 1935), also known as Pak Dong-seon, was a figure in two political money-related scandals: Koreagate in the 1970s, and the Oil-for-Food Program scandal of the 2000s. Koreagate was an American Political scandal in 1976 involving South Korean political figures seeking influence from members of Congress The Oil-for-Food Programme, established by the United Nations in 1995 (under UN Security Council Resolution 986) and terminated in late 2003 was intended Park had a reputation as the "Asian Great Gatsby", a socialite who charmed congressmen with his Washington dinner parties and cash payments. He is currently in prison.

In 1976, Park was charged with bribing members of the U.S. Congress, using money from the South Korea government, in an unsuccessful effort to convince the United States government to keep troops in Vietnam. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially In 1977 he was convicted by a U. S. District Court on 36 counts, including bribery, illegal campaign contributions, mail fraud, racketeering, and failure to register as an agent of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency. The National Intelligence Service ( NIS) is the chief Intelligence agency of South Korea. He avoided a jail sentence by testifying to the court in exchange for immunity. His testimony did not have a major impact, though it led to three members of Congress getting reprimanded, and may have convinced Speaker of the House Carl Albert to not run for re-election. Speaker of the House is a political term referring to a number of people In the United Kingdom and Canada, the Speaker of the House Carl Bert Albert ( May 10 1908 – February 4 2000) was a Lawyer and a Democratic American Politician

In the early 1990's Park owned a members-only club/restaurant called "The Historic Georgetown Club" [1] in Washington, D.C.

In 1992, he was approached by Samir Vincent, an Iraqi-born American who was lobbying unofficially on behalf of the Saddam Hussein regime, to try to create a program that would bypass the United Nations-approved economic sanctions of Iraq that had started in 1991. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security The Iraq sanctions were a near-total financial and trade embargo imposed by the United Nations Security Council against the nation of Iraq. Park agreed, requesting a payment of US$10 million for his effort, which Vincent agreed to. Park served as a liaison between Vincent and then-United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, whom Park was friendly with. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. Boutros Boutros-Ghali ( Arabic: بطرس بطرس غالي Coptic: Ⲃⲟⲩⲧⲣⲟⲥ Ⲃⲟⲩⲧⲣⲟⲥ Ⲅⲁⲗⲏ (born November 14, 1922 In late 1996, partly as a result of Park's lobbying efforts, the U. N. Oil-for-Food Program began. The Oil-for-Food Programme, established by the United Nations in 1995 (under UN Security Council Resolution 986) and terminated in late 2003 was intended After 1997, when Kofi Annan became the new secretary-general, the government of Iraq dropped its ties with Park; Park had received about US$2 million from them by then. Kofi Atta Annan, GCMG (born 8 April 1938 is a Ghanaian Diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations

In 2005, Park's name surfaced as part of investigations into the oil-for-food scandal. In July 2006, he was convicted, in a U. S. federal court, on conspiracy charges. In the Criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between Natural persons to break the law at some time in the future and in some cases with at least one overt act [1] He became the first person convicted through the oil-for-food investigation.

On February 22, 2007 he was sentenced to five years in prison. He was also fined $15,000 and required to forfeit $1,200,000. [2]

References

  1. ^ Associated Press (July 13, 2006), Korean businessman guilty in oil-for-food case, MSNBC, <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13849968/>. Retrieved on 7 May 2007 
  2. ^ Lynch, Colum (February 23, 2007), “Park Sentenced to 5 Years in U.N. Oil-for-Food Bribery Scandal”, The Washington Post (no. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 80): A-11, <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/22/AR2007022201650.html?sub=AR> 

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Claudia Rosett is an American Writer and Journalist. She is journalist-in-residence at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a Koreagate was an American Political scandal in 1976 involving South Korean political figures seeking influence from members of Congress The Fraser Committee ( also known as the Subcommittee on International Organizations) was a committee of the United States House of Representatives which met in Gifts of Deceit Sun Myung Moon Tongsun Park and the Korean Scandal is a Non-fiction book on Koreagate and the United States Congressional investigation
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