AAFES drops Internet subcontractor

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AAFES drops Internet subcontractor
By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Thursday, December 4, 2008

An Internet firm with ties to a South Korean businessman convicted of bribing AAFES officials is being dropped from doing business with the U.S. military.

The firm, Concordia Co. Ltd., also known as CDI, is a subcontractor of another Korean firm, LG Dacom.

LG Dacom provides home Internet and phone service to U.S. military customers under contract with the Army and Air Force Exchange Service and Concordia handles customer service for that business, according to AAFES.

But AAFES will drop Concordia as a subcontractor because of "an apparent business relationship" with businessman Jeong Gi-hwan, AAFES officials have told Stars and Stripes.

Jeong was convicted in a South Korean court in January on charges he interfered with international trade by bribing AAFES officials. The bribes helped his Internet firm, SSRT, hold the lucrative AAFES Internet and phone service contract. SSRT is also known as Samsung Rental Corp. Ltd.


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