An Alameda County man pleaded guilty Wednesday to selling millions of dollars' worth of old and counterfeit mechanical parts to the U.S. Department of Defense, according to federal prosecutors.
An Alameda County man pleaded guilty Wednesday to selling millions of dollars' worth of old and counterfeit mechanical parts to the U.S. Department of Defense, according to federal prosecutors. Steve H.S. Kim, 63, sold counterfeit fan assemblies, including used and surplus fan assemblies that he claimed were new, to the DOD's Defense Logistics Agency, according to U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California.
"Some of these counterfeit fans were installed or intended to be installed with electrical components of a nuclear submarine, a laser system on an aircraft, and a surface-to-air missile system," federal prosecutors said in a news release. Kim also falsified labels and tracking documents as part of his scheme to bilk the DOD out of $3.5 million, prosecutors said. "Swindling our military is a sure way to find oneself in jail," said U.S. Attorney Ismail Ramsey.
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