Tongsun Park is a Korean 'businessman' who was in the headlines thirty years ago when he was indicted in the Koreagate scandal; the charges included money laudering, racketeering and not registering as a South Korean agent. Well, he's just been convicted of conspiracy to launder money and not registering as an agent of Iraq. This latest crime is a result of the UN Oil for Food scandal.
Park did not serve any time for his involvement in Koreagate; he testified in exchange for immunity. By the start of the 1990s he had enough money to buy a restaurant in DC and start once more on the road to another scandal. This time he became friends with Boutros Boutros-Ghalli, the head of the UN. It's not sure how much money he was able to extract from Saddam for his services in buttering up the UN; he had asked for $10,000,000 for 'expenses'.
He faces as many as twelve years in prison and another trial - accused of lying to the FBI. Since he is now 71 years old, it's unlikely he'll be in the news anytime soon as being involved in another scandal.
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