3억 받고 9백억대 방산 사업 밀어줘…방사청 공무원·업체 임원 재판행

A South Korean military procurement agency official and a defense company executive are facing trial for accepting bribes and kickbacks worth 30 million won and a contract recommendation for related companies, respectively. On the 20th, Deputy Chief Kim Dong-yul of the Military Procurement and Industrial Technology Criminal Investigation Division at the Gumi Metropolitan Police Station announced the arrest and indictment of five individuals in connection with the case.

The investigation found that official ㄱ(49) was accused of accepting bribes to influence the evaluation process for six military procurement projects totaling 915 billion won between 2021 and 2025. This official received 3.2 million won in exchange for favorable evaluations of a defense company, and an additional 22 billion won in contract recommendations.

The investigation also revealed that the defense company funneled funds through shell companies and intermediaries to benefit official ㄱ. The company's qualifications were deemed inadequate by the defense industry's standard qualifications. The official received even higher scores in the evaluation process for a specific technical project, receiving top marks on 16 out of 20 assessment criteria compared to the lowest score of zero for competing companies.

This resulted in the company securing six military contracts, three of which led to contracts worth 1.7 trillion won in subsequent development projects. The investigation has filed charges against official ㄱ for the profits derived from the criminal activity and reported the criminal facts to relevant authorities.