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NEW YORK - A US federal judge sentenced South Korean lobbyist Tongsun Park to five years in prison today for money-laundering and acting as an unregistered foreign agent for Iraq in the UN oil-for-food scandal.
Judge Denny Chin gave Park the maximum sentence allowed under federal guidelines, ordered three more years of supervised release when he gets out, fined him US$15,000 ($21,526) and made him subject to further asset forfeitures.
"You blatantly disregarded the law," Chin told Park, noting that Park had received manila folders stuffed with US$100 bills.
- REUTERS
