NEW YORK—A former civilian employee at a U.S. Army facility in South Korea has been arrested on charges of receiving $400,000 in kickbacks from military contractors, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said on Monday.
Young Beom Kim, 62, was responsible for overseeing construction contracts at the Army Garrison Yongsan-Casey from 2017 to 2021. Prosecutors said he made sure contracts for equipment such as blast doors designed to protect Army personnel from an attack went to companies that had paid him kickbacks.
The Yongsan-Casey facility is located near the North Korean border.
“The importance of Kim’s work and duties to the Army and its troops cannot be overstated,” Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, said in a statement. “Kim betrayed those duties in exchange for a quick buck.”…