Tag: Choice of Law in Korea

Is it really true?  A foreign government official may be prosecuted in the United States for the violation of a non-U.S. law – Yes/No – not exactly. A Korean working for a Korean government research center was, recently, found guilt of U.S. federal money laundering in a U.S. Federal Court.  The individual was convicted of utilizing the banking system of the United States to store and transfer illegal obtained funds.  The funds were deemed illegally obtained under Korean Law.  So yes, the interpretation of Korean Law was necessary. According to a Press Release by the Central District of California’s U.S. Attorney’s Office: “A former director of South Korea’s Earthquake Research Center at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) has been found guilty of using a Southern California bank account to launder bribes he received from two seismological companies, including one based in Pasadena. Heon-Cheol Chi, 59, of