County liquor board officials, business owners arrested over bribery conspiracy

GREENBELT – Two Prince George’s County Liquor Board officials and two county business owners face federal criminal charges for a bribery conspiracy, according to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland.

Officials said Thursday that Commissioner Anuj Sud of Hyattsville and Director of the Prince George’s County Board of License Commissioners David Dae Sok Son of Bowie, and business owners Young Jung Paig of Beltsville and Shin Ja Lee of Landover are accused of allegedly paying and soliciting cash bribes to state and local officials.

“The defendants allegedly paid cash bribes to state and local officials in Prince George’s County in return for favorable action concerning liquor licenses,” said U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein. “Our government is not supposed to work that way.”

The charges were announced by Rosenstein, Special Agent in Charge Gordon Johnson of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office; Special Agent in Charge Thomas Jankowski of the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation, Washington, D.C. Field Office; and Chief Hank Stawinski of the Prince George’s County Police Department.

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