329 Exh. 3. In addition to the guilty pleas discussed in this section, Representative Kim's campaign committee also pleaded guilty to three additional felonies: (1) concealing $19,000 in corporate contributions in FEC reports filed from approximately October 14, 1992 through approximately January 11, 1993, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001; (2) between approximately May 21, 1992 and January 27, 1993, concealing illegal corporate contributions by altering the names on checks to omit their corporate designations or by falsely reporting to the FEC that the contributors had been "verified not incorporated," in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001; and (3) filing a false report to the FEC on approximately May 26, 1992, which falsely stated that the campaign received a $1,000 contribution from "Korean Air Travel," when the contribution was, in fact, from Korean Air, a corporation, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001. Id. In 1995 and 1996, the Department of Justice also obtained guilty pleas from five multinational corporations in connection with illegal contributions to Representative Kim's 1992 election. The Subcommittee interviewed witnesses in an effort to ascertain whether Representative Kim was involved in these illegal contributions, but was unable to resolve this issue.

330 Exh. 3.

331 Exh. 3 (emphasis added). At his court appearance to enter a guilty plea, Representative Kim also stipulated to an identical statement of facts in his personal plea agreement, although he did not personally plead guilty to Count Five of the information. Exh. 2 at 27. On May 20, 1992, the campaign committee filed a report with the FEC listing the Jaycee Kim contributions as a $9,000 loan from "Jay and June Kim" and a $9,000 loan from "J&J Properties" (a company operated by the Kims). Exh. 89 (Sch. C). The next day, the report was amended to list the contribution as a $18,000 loan to the campaign committee from Representative and Mrs. Kim. Exh. 90 (Sch. C). Other FEC disclosure statements related to this plea included a July 1992 report filed by Representative Kim's campaign committee listing a $50,000 loan to the campaign from Representative Kim on May 26, 1992 (related to the illegal Song Nien Yeh contribution) and also listing a $25,000 check as a loan from Representative Kim to his campaign (related to the illegal contribution by Robert Yu). Exh. 91 (Sch. C).

332 Exh. 17.

333 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 8, 1998, at 59-63, 152-161. Representative Kim adopted paragraphs 14-17 of the Statement of Facts attached to his personal plea agreement. Those paragraphs, however, are identical to paragraphs 14-17 of the Statement of Facts incorporated within his campaign committee's plea agreement. See Exhs. 1 and 3.

334 Exh. 3.

335 Exh. 3 (Statement of Facts, paras. 9-10). Representative Kim also stipulated to an identical statement of facts in his personal plea agreement, although he did not personally plead guilty to Count Five of the information. Exh. 2 (guilty plea hearing, August 11, 1997, at 27). Representative Kim pleaded personally to Count Six of the information and stipulated personally to paragraph 9 of the Statement of Facts, which is identical to paragraph 9 of the Campaign Statement of Facts.

336 Exh. 17.

337 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 8, 1998, at 145-149. Representative Kim adopted paragraphs 9-10 of the Statements of Facts attached to his personal plea agreement. Those paragraphs, however, are identical to paragraphs 9-10 of the Statement of Facts associated with his campaign committee's plea agreement. See Exhs. 1 and 3.

338 Exh. 92 (copies of wire transfers).

339 Exh. 76 (para. 6 of publishing agreement).

340 Id. (para. 13); see Telephone Interview of Chul Song, Apr. 6, 1998, at 13 (president and owner of publishing company) (hereinafter "Chul Song. Int.").

341 Exh. 76 (para. 13); see Chul Song Int. at 13.

342 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 9, 1998, at 14-16.

343 Exh. 76 (para. 6).

344 Id.

345 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 9, 1998, at 19. Indeed, Paragraph 13 of the publishing agreement stated that "[t]he Author [i.e., Jay Kim] agrees not to have or make any claim for any of the profits realized by the Publisher from marketing and/or sale of the published book in Korea." Exh. 76.

346 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 9, 1998, at 20.

347 Id. at 36.

348 Dep. of Jennifer Ahn, May 12, 1998, at 161-63.

349 Exh. 93 (receipt for 20 million won); see Chul Song Int. at 24, 33.

350 Chul Song Int. at 33.

351 Exh. 94 (letter from June O. Kim to David H. Laufman, June 8, 1998; Cho Hung Bank records showing deposit of 20 million won into account #312-04-380020 of June Kim on February 15, 1994; and English translation of bank records); see also Letter from Hon. Jay Kim to Hon. Lamar S. Smith and Hon. Ed Pastor, May 21, 1998 ("[A]ny revenues received from the sales of my book were deposited into Mrs. Kim's bank account in South Korea.") (Exh. 19).

352 Chul Song Int. at 24.

353 Id.

354 Telephone Interview of Myungsuk Park, Apr. 13, 1998, at 24; Letter from Hon. Jay Kim to Hon. Nancy L. Johnson, Feb. 21, 1995 (Exh. 77).

355 Chul Song Int. at 18; Exh. 95 (printing and sales information from Sungmoon, and English translation).

356 Id. According to another official at Sungmoon Publishing Company, the 3,000 books distributed for free included books that were given to persons who attended a book-signing party at the Hilton Hotel in Seoul in late August or September 1994. Telephone Int. with Myungsuk Park, Apr. 13, 1998, at 27; Chul Song. Int. at 17; see Dep. of Jennifer Ahn, May 28, 1998, at 170 (recalling that book-signing ceremony occurred in late August or September 1994).

0357 Exh. 95; see Chul Song Int. at 28 (regarding sales records provided by publisher).

358 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 9,1998, at 47; see also Exh. 19.

359 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 9, 1998, at 51.

360 Telephone Interview of Heon Kim, Apr. 24, 1998, at 4.

361 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 9, 1998, at 51.

362 Id. at 51-53, 137.

363 Exh. 79.

364 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 9,1998, at 54-59, 69-71.

365 Id. at 59. According to Representative Kim, he met "once briefly" with Heon Kim in South Korea. Id. at 52. He testified that except for that occasion, he had no further direct contact with Heon Kim and communicated with Jennifer Ahn regarding the marketing of the book in South Korea. Id. at 61-62. Through Jennifer Ahn, Representative Kim testified that he provided the names of potential book purchasers to Heon Kim, including former colleagues, relatives, friends, churches, colleges and universities, government agencies, alumni, and Korean businesses and banks. Id. at 63-66.

366 Exh. 95; see Telephone Interview with Myungsuk Park, Apr. 13, 1998, at 26 (publishing official) ("We sold a lot of books to Sun Kong Bookstore, which was owned by Mr. Heon Kim.").

367 Telephone Int. with Myungsuk Park, Apr. 13, 1998, at 34-36.

368 Exh. 95; see Telephone Interview with Chul Song, Apr. 6, 1998, at 30.

369 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 9, at 60, 62.

370 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 9, 1998, at 73, 75; Exh. 19.

371 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 9, 1998, at 78.

372 Id. at 91.

373 Id. at 92. According to several witnesses, third parties may deposit funds, including cash, into bank accounts in the name of another person in South Korea. See, e.g., Dep. of Young Jack Lee at 51. Their testimony was corroborated by records regarding June Kim's account at Cho Hung Bank in Seoul, South Korea, which reflect deposits made by third parties.

374 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim at 96-97, 99.

375 Id. at 97.

376 Id. at 100.

377 Dep. of Jennifer Ahn, May 28, 1998, at 138-41, 147, 155-56. Ahn testified that Heon Kim was primarily responsible for marketing the book in South Korea, but she could not identify anyone to whom Heon Kim sold the book. Id. at 155-56.

378 Id. at 138-41, 147.

379 Id. at 138-40.

380 Telephone Interview with Myungsuk Park, Apr. 13, 1998, at 16.

381 Dep. of Jennifer Ahn, May 28, 1998, at 147.

382 Id. at 150.

383 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 9, 1998, at 42.

384 Id. at 43.

385 Dep. of Jennifer Ahn, May 28, 1998, at 146.

386 Id. at 148-49.

387 Id. at 148.

388 Id. at 154.

389 Id. at 37.

390 Id. at 38-39.

391 Exh. 92 (copies of wire transfers). The "ordering customer" identified on the documents reflecting transfers on August 2, 1994, is "Kim Jung Ok," June Kim's Korean name, while the "beneficiary customer" identified on the wire transfers is "Jay Chang Jon Kim," Representative Kim's Korean name. Id. The money from June Kim's account at Cho Hung Bank was transferred in two separate amounts of $64,000 and $22,151, respectively. Id. Records regarding June Kim's account at Cho Hung Bank, provided to the Investigative Subcommittee by June Kim, indicate that approximately $86,874 was withdrawn from Mrs. Kim's account in three transactions on August 1, 1994, and that additional withdrawals totaling approximately $45,385 were made in two transactions on August 2, 1994. Exh. 94 (records from Cho Hung Bank regarding account #312-04-380020 in name of June Kim).

392 Dep. of Jennifer Ahn, May 28, 1994, at 152-53.

393 Exh. 96.

394 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 9, 1998, at 103-05.

395 Id. at 107.

396 Id. at 104.

397 Exh. 77.

398 Exh. 97.

399 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 9, 1998, at 83.

400 Id. at 84.

401 Dep. of Jennifer Ahn, May 28, 1998, at 197-200; Letter from Jennifer Ahn to Representative Jay Kim, Oct. 27, 1994 (Exh. 98). Representative Kim testified that he never received the $5,000 check and did not recall seeing a cover letter accompanying the check addressed to him. Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 9, 1998, at 113-15.

402 Exh. 94.

403 Id. (record from Cho Hung Bank for account #312-04-380020). The Subcommittee's calculation of dollar amounts is based on information about exchange rates provided by the Department of the Treasury.

404 Id.

405 Id.

406 Id.

407 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 18, 1998, at 122.

408 Id.

409 Id.

410 Exh. 99.

411 Id.

412 Id.

413 Exh. 77.

414 Id.

415 Exh. 76.

416 Id.

417 Id. (para. 13); see Chul Song Int. at 13 (president and owner of publishing company).

418 Id. (para. 13); see Chul Song Int. at 13.

419 Id. (para. 6).

420 Dep. of Jay Kim, June 9, 1998, at 19. Indeed, Paragraph 13 of the publishing agreement stated that "[t]he Author [i.e., Jay Kim] agrees not to have or make any claim for any of the profits realized by the Publisher from marketing and/or sale of the published book in Korea." Exh. 76.

421 Exh. 77.

422 Id.

423 Id.

424 Exh. 100.

425 Id. (emphasis added).

426 Exh. 101.

427 Id. (emphasis added).

428 Exh. 78.

429 Id.

430 Id.

431 Id.

432 Exh. 80.

433 Id.

434 Id.

435 Id.

436 Id.

437 Id.

438 Exh. 102 (emphasis added).

439 Exh. 103.

440 Exh. 104.

441 Id.

442 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 9, 1998, at 156.

443 Id. at 157.

444 Exh. 81.

445 Id.

446 Id.

447 Id.

448 Id.

449 Id. (emphasis in original).

450 Id.; Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 9, 1998, at 158-59.

451 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 9, 1998, at 159.

452 Exh. 105.

453 Exh. 106.

454 Id.

455 Id.

456 Id.

457 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 9, 1998, at 165.

458 Id.

459 Id. at 166-67.

460 Exh. 107.

461 Dep. of the Hon. Jay Kim, June 9, 1998, at 168.

462 Id.

463 Exh. 105.

464 Id.

465 Id.

466 Id.

467 Exh. 108

468 Exh. 109.

469 Exh. 110.

470 Id.

471 Exh. 111.

472 Exh. 112.

473 Id.

474 Id.

475 Id.

476 Exh. 113.

477 Id.

478 Id.

479 Id.

480 Exh. 82.

481 Id. (copies of checks enclosed with letter).

482 Id.

483 Id.

484 Id.

485 Id.

486 Exh. 114.

487 Id.

488 Id.

489 Id.

490 Exh. 115.

491 Id.

492 Exh. 116; see Exh. 117 ($50,000 cashier's check).

493 Exh. 118.

494 Id.

495 Exh. 119.

496 Id.

497 Id. (emphasis added).

498 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 18, 1998, at 74-76.

499 Id. at 79-80.

500 Id. at 80.

501 Id. at 81.

502 Id.

503 Id. at 20-23.

504 Id. at 23.

505 Id. at 24.

506 Id. at 28-29.

507 Id. at 18-19, 26; Dep. of Jay Kim, June 18, 1998, at 83.

508 Dep. of Young Jack Lee at 26, 28; Dep. of Jay Kim, June 18, 1998, at 82-83.

509 Dep. of Young Jack Lee at 31-32.

510 Id. at 29, 33; Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 18, 1998, at 85-86.

511 Dep. of Young Jack Lee at 32-33.

512 Dep. of Young Jack Lee, May 21, 1998, at 30-31.

513 Id. at 32.

514 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 18, 1998, at 85.

515 Id. at 84.

516 Id at 83-84.

517 Lee holds a doctorate in statistics from Ohio State University and currently serves as chief of the biometrics and mathematical statistics branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health. Dep. of Young Jack Lee, May 21, 1998, at 8.

518 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 18, 1998, at 96.

519 Dep. of Young Jack Lee at 12, 16, 45; see Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 18, 1998, at 86 (does not know if June Kim knows Lee).

520 Dep. of Young Jack Lee at 31-32.

521 Id. at 28-29.

522 Id. at 46.

523 Id. at 35-36; Exh. 120 (Lee's passport records).

524 Id. at 6-7, 38.

525 Id. at 37; Exh. 120 (Lee's passport records).

526 Dep. of Young Jack Lee at 39-41, 44.

527 Id. at 39-40.

528 Id. at 41, 53.

529 Id. at 49-50.

530 Id at 50-54, 60-62; Exh. 121 (bank deposit slip and bank record showing deposit by Lee).

531 Dep. of Young Jack Lee at 42.

532 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 18, 1998, at 87.

533 Dep. of Young Jack Lee at 43-44.

534 Id. at 47.

535 Id. at 56.

536 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 18, 1998, at 86.

537 Id. at 90.

538 Id. at 91.

539 Id. at 96.

540 Id.

541 Id. at 98.

542 Id. at 98-99.

543 Exh. 8.

544 Id.

545 Id.

546 See Exhs. 29-30. Representative Kim reported income from Mrs. Kim's book of between $15,001 and $50,000 on his Financial Disclosure Statement for calendar year 1995, and income between $100,001 and $1 million on his Financial Disclosure Statement for calendar year 1996.

547 See Exh. 122. (Korean-language copy of publishing agreement provided by June Kim to her accountant, Bong Yoo); see Exh. 123 (English-language copy of publishing agreement); Dep. of Bong U. Yoo, May 26, 1998, at 86-88 (confirming that he received Korean-language copy of publishing agreement from June Kim).

548 Exh. 123 (para. 4).

549 Id. (para. 7); Telephone Interview of Myung Ook Rhim, Apr. 27, 1998, at 10-11 (president of publishing company); Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 89.

550 Exh. 123 (para. 8).

551 Id. (para. 6).

552 Telephone Interview with Myung Ook Rhim, at 9-11.

553 Id. at 4, 9.

554 Id. at 9.

555 Exh. 11; see Pinches, "House Panel May Probe Kim Financial Reports," Washington Post, Sept. 13, 1997 (Exh. 8).

556 Exh. 17 (response to question 12).

557 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 18, 1998, at 110.

558 Id.

559 Exh. 124; (Korean-language receipt); Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 81-84. Mr. Yoo testified that he calculated the amount of the payment based on a prevailing exchange rate of 770 won to $1. Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 81-82.

560 Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 81-82, 84; see Exh. 125 (handwritten notes of accountant based on information provided by June Kim, combined with handwritten notes of June Kim).

561 Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 84-85.

562 Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 97-99; Exh. 126 (copy of Korean-language bank document provided by June Kim to her accountant with annotations by translator).

563 Exh. 127 (CRS translation of Cho Hung Bank document).

564 Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 91.

565 Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 74-76, 101; Exh. 128 (signed, certified joint tax return for 1995).

566 Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 74-76, 101-02.

567 Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 109-13, 119-121; Exh. 129 (handwritten notes given to accountant by June Kim). The accountant recognized the handwriting on the notes as June Kim's handwriting. Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 109.

568 Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 121.

569 As was the case regarding the tax return for 1995, Mrs. Kim was the exclusive source of information that the accountant used to prepare the joint tax return for 1996, and he had no communication with Representative Kim regarding his preparation of the return. Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 107-08, 130.

570 Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 112-13, 127-28; Exh. 130 (1996 joint federal income tax return).

571 Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 140-41, 143; Exh. 131 (handwritten notes given by June Kim to accountant).

572 Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 151; Exh. 131.

573 Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 150.

574 Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 135; Exh. 132. English-language words handwritten on the bank statements, such as "debit," "deposit," and "balance" were added by the accountant. Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 135.

575 Exh. 132.

576 Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 151.

577 Id. at 138, 145; see Exh. 133 (handwritten ledger prepared by accountant analyzing foreign bank statements).

578 Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 136-38; Exh. 134 (April 12, 1998, letter from June Kim to Bong Yoo regarding personal loans).

579 Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 139-40; Exh. 135 (copies of bank transfers). The account number for June Kim's account at California Korea Bank shown on the bank transfer documents corresponds to the number of a checking account for June Kim provided by Representative Kim in a February 5, 1998, letter to the Chairman and Ranking Democratic Member of the Investigative Subcommittee.

580 See Exh. 131 (handwritten list of 1997 income provided to accountant by June Kim). Bong Yoo testified that June Kim had told him that 14 separate amounts recorded on the handwritten list, totaling $70,205, related to loans from foreign relatives. Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 145.

581 Exh. 133 (accountant's handwritten ledger analyzing June Kim's foreign bank statements).

582 Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 131.

583 Id. at 132.

584 Id.

585 Dep. of Bong U. Yoo at 132; Exh. 136 (certified copy of 1997 tax return).

586 Exh. 136.

587 Letter from Jay Kim to Bong U. Yoo, May 8, 1998 (Exh. 137).

588 Id. (emphasis in original).

589 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 18, 1998, at 113-14.

590 Dep. of Hon. Jay Kim, June 8, 1998, at 129.

591 Telephone Interview of Myung Ook Rhim, Apr. 27,1998.